Samsung Galaxy S8 May Be Delayed Due to Galaxy Note 7 Investigation

Samsung's failed gamble with its earlier than usual Galaxy Note 7 launch is a story worth the big movie screens. The series of events that began in August, will haunt the South Korean tech giant for a long time. After a series of bad decisions, Samsung had to finally kill the Galaxy Note 7 altogether and grudgingly refund the money or replace units with Galaxy S7 and Galaxy edge S7 smartphones .
Now, a fresh report hints that this fallout has even delayed the work on next year's Samsung Galaxy S8 by two weeks, and the company may not follow its tradition to launch the S series at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next year.

It's been almost two months since the first explosion incident cropped up, but Samsung is still unable to find the root cause of the issue. All of Samsung's engineers are working hard to solve the puzzle, including the Galaxy S8 development team, and this has delayed work on the S series flagship by two weeks, the Wall Street Journal reports. This delay isn't too much of a stretch, but assuming that Samsung would want to be absolutely sure that the Galaxy S8 checks all the safety boxes, it will take its time to ensure that the 'S' series does not get hit as hard as its Note series did.