Samsung phone explodes in little 6 year old boy’s hands, burns him

[mojolicious]

I think it's so much more poignant that it exploded in the hands of a little six year old, rather than those of a medium sized or large six year old.

 

[I7guy]

It likely would not have been reported at all if it weren't for the Note recall.

News sites had gotten so used to iPhones and others burning up after using third party adapters, that they had mostly stopped mentioning such incidents.

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With everything from hoverboards to phones to airplanes catching on fire, it seems that the world needs to look more carefully at the tradeoffs of using these batteries to save some weight.

Look at how Boeing had so much trouble with their Dreamliner because of them. And right now, Airbus is trying to push back against US regulations requiring their battery setup to meet new safety standards that arose because of Boeing.

There is not normally a run on mis-manufactured li-ion batteries. Samsung has it's share of them however.

 

[lowendlinux]

Why can't we all just admit that Samsung has screwed this up and it's Samsungs fault. I'm sure it'll get fixed and I'm sure there will be a lawsuit both are proper in this instance.

 

[spinedoc77]

Why can't we all just admit that Samsung has screwed this up and it's Samsungs fault. I'm sure it'll get fixed and I'm sure there will be a lawsuit both are proper in this instance.

I don't see anyone who is denying this.