A huge fire has destroyed a factory in Anseong, South Korea, which has been hired by Samsung to manufacture a number PCBs (printed circuit boards) for the upcoming finger print included flagship device the Samsung Galaxy S5. The damage was estimated to be around a whooping $1 billion in equipment,
despite strong effort of the 287 firefighters on the ground to contain the fire which gutted the factory in Anseong .The fire was detected around 7AM on Sunday and even though the fire brigade
arrived mere minutes after that, it seems everything, including equipment and components, had been
destroyed. The 279 firefighters with 81 fire trucks battled the fire over 6 hours before it was completely extinguished.Samsung has already made a statement that this wasn't the only PCB factory it had hired for the
Galaxy S5 PCBs and that it won't affect the April 11 launch. The Korean manufacturer claims the incident won't set back the production of the device by any huge margin. The positive note aside, this still means the availability might suffer and some markets, if not many, will get limited availability at launch.
despite strong effort of the 287 firefighters on the ground to contain the fire which gutted the factory in Anseong .The fire was detected around 7AM on Sunday and even though the fire brigade
arrived mere minutes after that, it seems everything, including equipment and components, had been
destroyed. The 279 firefighters with 81 fire trucks battled the fire over 6 hours before it was completely extinguished.Samsung has already made a statement that this wasn't the only PCB factory it had hired for the
Galaxy S5 PCBs and that it won't affect the April 11 launch. The Korean manufacturer claims the incident won't set back the production of the device by any huge margin. The positive note aside, this still means the availability might suffer and some markets, if not many, will get limited availability at launch.
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