One incident doth not news make. A string of them ... well, that's a different story.
Back in the days when people smoked more, paper books of matches would frequently self-ignite in people's pockets on account of friction or whatever other reason. At the time you never saw any newspaper stories.
'Exploding'? Looks more like a slow fizzling fire to me. When I think explosion, I think BANG! POW! KABOOM!... Not fssssst with some smoke. 'Explode' seems like a harsh word as does 'Burst into flames'. Sensationalism at its best.
Oh... Forgot to mention. LiPo technology currently risks going into thermal runaway somewhere over 115* F. This isn't Samsung's fault, blame battery science. I'm guessing 125*F plus which can easily happen on a dashboard of a car could produce these results with just about any LiPo powered device.
'Exploding'? Looks more like a slow fizzling fire to me. When I think explosion, I think BANG! POW! KABOOM!... Not fssssst with some smoke. 'Explode' seems like a harsh word as does 'Burst into flames'. Sensationalism at its best.
Yeah, i agree - I think it was a case of self-immolation
Speaking of being politically incorrect, I was just thinking if this were an English blog the thread would have been full of Irish jokes. They just don't seem to have them in the USA,
I got my iPhone 4 super hot on a 100 degree summer day here in the west, and the phone came up with a warning and said it was too hot and shut down, I dont see why the galaxy SIII can't do the same. I would hope that samsung would be smart enough to protect its customers buy hey who knows. I know that apple does for sure because of the above example.
This isn't a flaw, just a new previously unannounced feature - "cigarette lighter." It'll get better once it gets out of beta. You can get this on your iPhone but you have to jailbreak it. I'm waiting for the next Galaxy S model, when the feature set will be completed by the addition of "bottle opener" and "lotto scratch-off.". When it comes to hardware design, who says Samsung doesn't innovate!
Of course you wouldn't be saying that if it was an iPhone exploding.
Of course I would. There was one a while back about an iPhone exploding on a plane; of course, it was just the media making a mountain out of a molehill, much like this 'story'. Tens of millions of iPhones get sold, one of them explodes and the media wants to string Apple up.
You seem to have mischaracterised me as an Android obsessive, when actually I just hate hyberbole, false accusations and meaningless 'news' stories on both sides.
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Originally Posted by MacRulez
In an alternate universe, perhaps.
In his one, searching for "Samsung exploding phone" yields 634,000 hits:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Samsung+exploding+phone
and "exploding iphone" has 1.6 MM hits.
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Originally Posted by cnocbui
Given the weather here this week, I can imagine him having the heater on, maybe not full blast, I can also see how he might have got it wet.
Probably spilled his beer on it. </kidding>
Imagine that, an exploding Samsung phone produces fragmentation
"Flames shooting out..."
In defense of Samsung, I had a similar result with some Texas chili.
SAMBOOM
One incident doth not news make. A string of them ... well, that's a different story.
Back in the days when people smoked more, paper books of matches would frequently self-ignite in people's pockets on account of friction or whatever other reason. At the time you never saw any newspaper stories.
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Originally Posted by markbyrn
Or perhaps it suffered a melt down from the radiant solar heat - no phone can withstand the blazing hot deserts of Ireland.
May be he was in Fireland?
'Exploding'? Looks more like a slow fizzling fire to me. When I think explosion, I think BANG! POW! KABOOM!... Not fssssst with some smoke. 'Explode' seems like a harsh word as does 'Burst into flames'. Sensationalism at its best.
Oh... Forgot to mention. LiPo technology currently risks going into thermal runaway somewhere over 115* F. This isn't Samsung's fault, blame battery science. I'm guessing 125*F plus which can easily happen on a dashboard of a car could produce these results with just about any LiPo powered device.
Yeah, i agree - I think it was a case of self-immolation
I hope that "Ireland" (who is an AI member) is alright.
Speaking of being politically incorrect, I was just thinking if this were an English blog the thread would have been full of Irish jokes. They just don't seem to have them in the USA,
"and if you use Microsoft search on your Samsung phone:
Bada bing,
Bada boom!"
It happens occasionally, whether to iPhones, Android phones or any other type of phone... lithium-based batteries always have risks.
Of course you wouldn't be saying that if it was an iPhone exploding.
That pictures looks like the phone is jammed halfway up someone's hiney....
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Of course you wouldn't be saying that if it was an iPhone exploding.
Of course I would. There was one a while back about an iPhone exploding on a plane; of course, it was just the media making a mountain out of a molehill, much like this 'story'. Tens of millions of iPhones get sold, one of them explodes and the media wants to string Apple up.
You seem to have mischaracterised me as an Android obsessive, when actually I just hate hyberbole, false accusations and meaningless 'news' stories on both sides.
It's not me who has the bias.