The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is officially making a comeback.
The South Korean firm has recently passed through Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification and consumers could buy a refurbished unit at the end of June.
It has also been suggested that the handsets are designed with a smaller battery – Samsung concluded it was ‘irregularly sized batteries’ that caused the original Note 7 handsets to explode.
Samsung announced it had plans to sell refurbished units in March and promised it would recover and use or resell reusable components such as chips and camera modules and extract rare metals.
The move was ‘to ensure the Galaxy Note 7 devices are recycled and processed in an environmentally-friendly manner’.
However, the months leading up to the announcement, activists and environmental groups had been urging Samsung to commit to a plan that would recycle millions of Galaxy Note 7 phones - instead of just tossing them into a landfill, which was said to be what Samsung had planned.
And this time around, it seems the firm is doing things differently.
Instead of using the same sized battery, Samsung has swapped the 3,500 mAh for a smaller unit at 3,250 mAh, Android Authority reported.
The modification should ensure that the screen repair will not randomly combust, as the firm had concluded that the fiasco was caused by ‘irregularly sized’ batteries that did not properly fit inside the devices, and manufacturing issues from a second battery supplier.
When Samsung took the stage in New York on August 2, 2016 to unveil the 5.7 inch Galaxy Note 7, the firm also used it as an opportunity to take a stab at Apple's upcoming iPhone 7.
Want to know what else it comes with?' teased Samsung's vice-president of marketing, Justin Denison.
'An audio jack. I'm just saying.'
But little did Denison know that he would end up eating his words.
Days after the Galaxy Note 7 launched, reports surfaced that the devices were bursting into flames.
And a month later, mobile chief D.J. Koh held a press conference in Seoul, South Korea where he announced the recall of 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 devices, stating that users would eventually receive a replacement - a new and safe Note 7.
This caused the battery cell's upper right corner to be crimped by the casing.
And the second, affected the devices sent to replace the original faulty phones.
These were caused by manufacturing issues, including poor welding at the battery manufacturer.
When replacement phones - with batteries from another firm, largely thought to be Chinese manufacturer ATL - also started to combust, the company decided to kill off the Note 7 for good.
In December, the firm issued the same software push to users on the US Cellular network.
The major blunder has somewhat tarnished the Samsung brand and has also sparked many concerns among government and regulatory officials.
But instead of simply tossing the Note 7, the firm is giving it one more chance.
It is believed that Samsung will start selling the refurbished Smartphone parts at the end of June for $620, which is about $250 cheaper than the original price.
However, it is also said that the firm will not release units in the US or Canada, but Android Authority noted that users in these countries ‘might be able to acquire it from re-sellers’.
