Enlarge / The back is very shiny, and a fingerprint magnet.

The Galaxy Note 7 will probably go down as the most disastrous phone launch in history. Shortly after launch, reports started rolling in that the devices were exploding, causing minor injuries to customers and burning down cars. Sales were halted, and 2.5 million devices were recalled. After a retooling period for the Note 7, “defective” devices were exchanged and sales resumed… and then reports started coming in that the devices were still exploding. A second recall has been started, and the Galaxy Note 7 has been declared dead. Samsung is even sending out ceramic-lined fireproof coffins for returns.

Everyone is starting to wonder how we got to this point, and reports are rolling in from across the Internet.

For the first recall, Samsung has admitted that its subsidiary, Samsung SDI, was to blame. Citing CSPC Chairman Elliot Kaye, Bloomberg said the “batteries made by Samsung SDI had been built slightly too large for the compartment in the phone. Installing them had crimped the corner of the batteries, causing them to short circuit and overheat,” while The New York Times says that “plates inside the SDI battery were too close to each other near its rounded corners, making it vulnerable to a short circuit.”