This one is a big problem for Samsung, they’ve managed to do damage control getting friendly news sources to insinuate the other high profile cases (like the Jeep Fire and the Chinese guy who had his Mac Pro damaged) are either fake claims or in the Chinese phone case that it might be a fake phone (without any proof it was).
Here they have a case of a verified “safe” replacement direct from AT&T catching fire while switched off and in front of a 100 witnesses.
There’s no way to spin themselves out of this story.
Interested to see how Samsung spins this story. And now the airlines have another thing to add to the list to make lithium ion battery shipping even stricter
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Interested to see how Samsung spins this story. And now the airlines have another thing to add to the list to make lithium ion battery shipping even stricter
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Not just Airlines, mail carriers as well, according to the latest report today.
We are talking one phone here, not an entire industry. I haven’t heard of any problems with any other manufacturer’s smart-phones including Samsung’s other models of phones or tablets.
edit… I guess I spoke too soon. Here’s a few iPhone explosions
and the new iPhone 7
With the iPhone 7, it looks like the shipper (USPS?) damaged it, and it exploded inside the shipping box.
Not really wanting to sound overly critical here but, this is the race to the stupid cigarette paper thin, humongous smartphone slabs. “Thin” means to me less robustness, and less battery capacity. And let's hope I can still purchase a by today's standards “compact” device with a mere 5" screen in a not so distant future.
I've recently interviewed my pockets, and they certainly don't complain about device thickness even if my smarphone reachs up to 11mm in this category. Now, with regards to lenght and width…
I think you slightly misunderstood me, the iPhone parcel was delivered by UPS, not the USPS, and I had hoped I was being clear in saying all the companies have drivers who don’t think at times (not that all the drivers don’t think) ;).
My USPS carrier is a great guy, and has become a good friend. Goes above and beyond. Been lucky that way with all my USPS carriers. Our carrier in Virginia for 15 years was awesome. Every Christmas I would leave a note in the mailbox to come to the door. My Wife and I would buy her a bouquet of flowers to take home.