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• The Galaxy Note 7 was meant to serve as Samsung's best 5.7-inch, stylus-wielding smartphone. Introduced in August to great fanfare, the new
Note device not only offered Samsung users an updated smartphone option, it also served as a way to tide over customers until the presumed

Galaxy S8 in March 2017. At least that was the plan, until Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 began to catch fire while plugged in to charge.

Now Samsung has chosen to cease production on the Note 7 line until further notice.

• Lithium-ion batteries, like the ones commonly found in smartphones, laptops and more, have been known to catch fire in the

past. Laptops from Sony went through a similar flaming bout in 2014, as did various hoverboards more recently. As to why these

batteries continue to explode, you'll want to check out our explainer on the matter.

• Samsung's halt on production of the Note 7 could mean bad news for the company, especially at a time when Apple just released its

new iPhone and Google finally announced its official phone. Indeed, the Note 7 has been a disaster from almost the very

beginning...