According to a new report, Samsung's aggressive battery design may have caused the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that led to the company removing their best phone from the market. Polymer layers covered in electrolytes were used to separate a positive and negative layer within the battery. Compressing the phone could force the positive and negative to meet causing the electrolytes to heat up and explode. The report also states if it wasn't recalled, the phones would've slowly pushed apart by battery swell. Samsung will lose more than $5 billion in revenue with the Note 7 recall.

via Instagram According to a new report, Samsung's aggressive battery design may have caused the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that led to the company removing their best phone from the market. Polymer layers covered in electrolytes were used to separate a positive and negative layer within the battery. Compressing the phone could force the positive and negative to meet causing the electrolytes to heat up and explode. The report also states if it wasn't recalled, the phones would've slowly pushed apart by battery swell. Samsung will lose more than $5 billion in revenue with the Note 7 recall. //