The refurbished version of the ill-fated Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been spotted in Vietnam.
The South Korean electronics and mobile manufacturing giant recently confirmed its plans to refurbish the Galaxy Note 7 device after it was pulled out of the market during the third quarter of 2016 due to the defect in the device's batteries that caused a number of them to explode.
The confirmation came after Samsung discussed its plans to properly recycle the returned Galaxy Note 7 units.
"Regarding the Galaxy Note 7 devices as refurbished phones or rental phones, applicability is dependent upon consultations with regulatory authorities and carriers as well as due consideration of local demand. The markets and release dates will be determined accordingly," the tech giant states.
After the confirmation, photos of the rumored refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 7 taken from Vietnam began to circulate online.
The photos, which reportedly came from the Vietnamese website Samsungvn, show a Galaxy Note 7 model with a smaller battery pack.
Based on the photos, the refurbished product line will now be called the Samsung Galaxy Note 7R, and it will come with a 3,200 mAh battery pack unlike the earlier released units that features 3,500mAh batteries. This could be the company's way of fixing the problem that caused several units to end up in flames.
Aside from the changes in the device's battery pack, there are no details yet if the prominent features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will still return, including its 5.7-inch Super AMOLED screen with Gorilla Glass 5, the Snapdragon 820 or Exynos 8890 chipset, 4 GB of RAM with 64 GB of internal storage, the iris scanner and fingerprint scanner, and Android 6.0 operating system.
However, reports reveal that Samsung will not offer the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 in the US, Canada, or India. There are also no reports yet regarding the pricing details of the rumored product at the moment.
