The Verge 2017 tech report card: Samsung

Let’s start with the good news: no Samsung phones caught fire or exploded this year.
Samsung entered 2017 on its heels, coming off the embarrassing debacle of the Galaxy Note 7, a phone that was recalled not just once but twice in 2016, for having a propensity to spontaneously catch fire. And so, Samsung started off the year by apologizing for what happened and vowing that it would do things better in the future.
The mea culpa and apology certainly helped Samsung repair its reputation, but