Exploding phones
By Pitstop
@pitstop (13046)
India
October 4, 2018 3:21am CST
There's occasionally news items of phones exploding, mostly when charging, but even otherwise.
Have you ever had a phone explode or catch fire? So far, none of mine have exploded or caught fire I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Here is a news article about a recent phone explosion:
With recent improvements in battery size and charging speed, there have been isolated cases of battery explosions sometimes with casualties. Perhaps, the most prominent till date was the Galaxy Note...
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@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
4 Oct 18
Never experience that at all. I already have used several phones but none of them got to that point that it literally burned. I have some that the battery got busted already like it was not charging anymore and you always have to have it plugged to use it. I think that there are design flaws for this kinds of phone that is why it happens. Like the one with Samsung before it was the design of wiring inside the phone that caused it to burn.
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- but I will admit they have a few benefits.
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
4 Oct 18
I have heard many cases about that but thankfully I have never experienced such thing.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
4 Oct 18
I think some brand already recall its item because of this problem.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
4 Oct 18
@pitstop I think it is Samsung if I am not mistaking.
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