How the demise of its flagship phone will hurt Samsung

Name: How the demise of its flagship phone will hurt Samsung
Uploaded: 2016-10-11T23:19:30Z
Duration: P286S
Description: Samsung has announced that it’s halting production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The news comes after reports of the replacement phones catching fire -- just like the original models -- and on the same day that the battle between Apple and Samsung was set to be heard before the Supreme Court. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Backchannel’s Jessi Hempel for more.

Clip: 10/11/2016 | 4m 46s

Samsung has announced that it’s halting production of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. The news comes after reports of the replacement phones catching fire -- just like the original models -- and on the same day that the battle between Apple and Samsung was set to be heard before the Supreme Court. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Backchannel’s Jessi Hempel for more.

Aired: 10/11/16

Rating: NR

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