[MikusR]

>too tight a clearance a the corners in the case for the batteries, causing bending of the internal electrodes, leading to short-circuits

That turned out not to be the cause. https://news.samsung.com/global/infographic-galaxy-note7-wha...

[e44858]

The page you linked says this:

> The negative electrode was deflected within the upper-right corner of the battery

Maybe better clearance would have prevented that from causing a short?