Samsung Note7 fires caused by irregularly sized batteries, report says

With 96% of the discontinued Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones off the street, we may finally know what caused some to catch fire or explode.

A new report from the Wall Street Journal points to irregularly shaped batteries that led to overheating.

The report comes just hours after Samsung announced that it had identified the cause and would reveal its findings in Seoul, Korea on Monday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. ET. Samsung, which reportedly concluded its own exhaustive investigation late last month, "will discuss the findings of the investigations and unveil new measures Samsung has implemented in response to the incidents," the company said in a release. Read more...