Posted on 10/12/2022 2:56:19 PM PDT by Vendome
Read the article
Really good stuff
> Check your drawers for any Samsung (or different brand) phones that aren’t in use, as they are a potential fire hazard! <
In my neck of the woods, “drawers” refers to underwear. So just to be safe, I will check my furniture AND my underwear.
I leave my phone in a ceramic bowl when charging, just because of this possibility.
Well, sure, why wouldn’t I want to keep an electric firebomb in my pocket? I remember a few years ago, a video of a guy whose phone lit up in his pants pocket. He gave a new twist to “Mexican hat dance.”
I thought this was a problem years ago and now it was all fixed.
What they need to do is go for OLED screens, because screens are the biggest reasons for big batteries.
I didn't find anything (That's what SHE said!)
Sorry, couldn't resist making a joke.
So it’s not Samsung phones, just one Samsung phone.
It’s a good number of phones and the gist of the article is if you have old phones that aren’t being charged, there is a real possibility of catastrophic failure, which is pretty standard for batteries of any kind, particularly lithium’s.
Gal asks as she looks at the guy's pants "Are you happy to see me?"
Guy responds "Look out, my Samsung phone is about to blow!"
What a mess for Samsung!
I actually experienced this some 18635 batteries I use for my high powered flashlights.
some had swelled.
Tossed me and got new ones.
The issue seems to be how often they are used and charged.
Not one Samsung phone, many. From the article:
And it's not just the phones, tablets have the same habit, especially the A series. About 90% of the swollen battery devices were from Samsung.
Have two of them for the last four years no problem sounds like a fish story from Apple.
Saw this happen in a camera, a mini jumpstarted and a Chromebook. The starter and camera were stored in my truck so subject to wide variation of temperatures. The tell on the Chromebook was that the batters stopped taking a charge.
I’ve own iphones for personal use and have a company issued one now. I’ve used Androids for personal use since 2015 that included an S9+, note 10+, note 20 and S22 ultra. All have been flawless.
Leave it in the oven at night. An exploding battery might shatter a ceramic bowl.
I had my wife check my drawers. She said they’re hot.
Bkmk
“...the Note 7 battery crisis.” Bad news, since the Note 7 is a sweet phone. My 2015 iPhone still good enough for me.
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