Samsung Electronics is preparing to sell remanufactured Galaxy Note 7s to minimize damage and avoid environmental costs, according to reports in South Korea.
The company is reportedly planning to reduce the battery capacity, reports Hankyung.
The “hacked” devices will be sold primarily in India, Vietnam, and other emerging markets, but the company is reportedly considering selling the device in South Korea before the Galaxy Note 8 launches.
The company's assembly departments will finish remanufacturing the Galaxy Note 7 in May and sales will begin in June, the publication said. The battery capacity is expected to be between 3,000 and 3,200 mAh, down from 3,500 mAh.
The basic components of the device will be reused but its exterior will change.
Samsung announced earlier that 98 percent of the 3.06 million devices sold have already been recalled. Around 200,000 devices were used to find out the causes of battery explosions, so there are around 2.5 million devices that will be re-assembled, according to Hankyung.
Selling these devices will also allow the company to avoid being fined for environmental damage, as South Korea's Ministry of Environment had told the company that it would impose a fine if the remaining Note 7 stocks were not properly utilized.
Last month, Samsung announced that faulty batteries were the cause of last year's explosions and stressed that the Galaxy Note 7 has no other problems.
We will see this of course in June..
