7. Watch it go boom
This was a particularly bad year for Samsung when it comes to public image. You already know where I’m going with this since it’s impossible not to have heard about the exploding smartphones and faulty washing machines.
The Galaxy Note 7 devices have caused multiple fires and explosions due to issues with the incorporated batteries what – the headline that deserves the 7th place in our list of biggest headlines of 2016. We’ve heard this all through the summer with devices randomly catching fire, smoke billowing everywhere. The situation got so bad that such phablets were denied access on planes unless packed up in a special case that would stop anything bad from happening should the device go wild. Things got so bad that the Korean company decided to put a stop to production and recall the phones. Even the replacement phones they sent out started catching fire, indicating a massive problem.
If that wasn’t bad enough, early in November news came that Samsung was recalling millions of top loading washing machines due to the risk of explosion. Yes, you read that right. What is wrong with this company?! There seems to have been hundreds of reports of washing machines that excessively vibrate or had the top come off completely from the chassis, with multiple injuries taking place. 34 models have been recalled in total.
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