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The company is yet to assign blame to Samsung SDI publicly and it hasn't said whether it's going to stop sourcing batteries from it for the Galaxy Note 7 but this possibility has been rumored before. Reuters now hears from a person with knowledge of the plans that Samsung will be making ATL its main battery supplier for the Galaxy Note 7.
The scribe's source says that ATL received orders from Samsung for additional Galaxy Note 7 batteries soon after it announced the global recall, it's also said that ATL will completely take over the battery supply for this handset at least for the time being. ATL's chief operating officer Joe Kit Chu Lam said he couldn't comment on a specific client's business but he did mention that his company saw a “significant increase” in business this month.
ATL expects this situation to continue for “the coming one to two quarters,” and doesn't believe that this will create any capacity issue for the company. This means that ATL has the capacity to be the main supplier of Galaxy Note 7's batteries even if Samsung decides not to source them from Samsung SDI for this handset. Multiple Korean news outlets are now reporting that Samsung will exclusively use batteries supplied by ATL for the Galaxy Note 7.
Adnan Farooqui is a long-term writer at SamMobile. Based in Pakistan, his interests include technology, finance, Swiss watches and Formula 1. His tendency to write long posts betrays his inclination to being a man of few words.
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