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  • They Had To Evacuate A Commercial Plane Because Of An Exploding Samsung Phone

    06 Oct 2016 by Sloane Hunter in Apple, Aviation, Gadgets, iPhone, Tech/Sci
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    When anything gets a recall, I really suggest you do as you’re told and get it back to the manufacturer – although this time that hasn’t seemed to help either.

    When the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was released in August, it received high praise, until it was reported that its battery pack overheated and would start smoking and popping.

    Sounds like a dance move.

    And that’s just what happened to one of their phones on a Southwest Airlines’ plane in Louisville, US, before it had even taken flight. As the passengers were boarding the plane set for Baltimore, the phone overheated and filled the cabin with smoke.

    But the biggest problem with this is that apparently the phone was in fact a reissued version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which had been approved by the South Korean company.

    Awks.

    According to US Today:

    Samsung officially recalled 1 million of its Galaxy Note 7 phones sold before Sept. 15 because of “serious fire and burn hazards.”

    By mid-September, Samsung had received 92 reports of batteries in the popular smartphone overheating in the U.S., resulting in 26 instances of burns and 55 of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

    Samsung, however, released a statement saying:

    Until we are able to retrieve the device, we cannot confirm that this incident involves the new Note 7. We are working with the authorities and Southwest now to recover the device and confirm the cause. Once we have examined the device we will have more information to share.”

    Here’s a sign from an airport in Texas last month:

    planepopsss

    I dunno man, I’d just get an iPhone 7 instead.

    [source:usatoday]

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