Amid the failed battery of Note 7 and resulted for a worldwide recall, Samsung has announced that it will reuse parts of the previous model to come up with new phone.
The South Korea-based company said it is releasing a new phone using parts from its Galaxy Note 7, which was axed after a battery fault led to some devices catching fire.
Samsung said the Note Fan Edition would “minimise the environmental impact” of its high-profile flop.
The firm also added that the handset will go on sale only in South Korea on 7 July, with a safer, smaller battery.
Late last year, when Samsung stopped production on its iPhone rival after an earlier botched recall and re-release.
About 2.5 million handsets have since been recalled. The new phone features components from those recalled devices, as well as unused parts Samsung has in stock.
With the plan, environmentalists had been putting pressure on the firm to reuse Galaxy Note 7 components to reduce the amount of so-called e-waste.
In fact, a greenpeace protester has crashed Samsung presentation in the Mobile World Congress to voice its campaign to the firm to utilize the Note 7 parts to reduce e-waste.
It is thought about 400,000 handsets will be made available from Friday. It will be priced about 30% cheaper than the Galaxy Note 7 at around 700,00 Korean won ($615; £472 ).
The devices will be fitted with 3,200 mAh batteries that Samsung says have passed strict safety tests. The Note 7 used 3,500 mAh batteries.
Meanwhile, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the successor to the original Note 7, is due for release later this year.
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