I have witnessed firsthand the effects of corporate sabotage on Microsoft Windows Phones on the same day in two different locations a half hour drive from each other. One was in Best Buy and one in Frys Electronics.
The sabotage was to the entire line of Windows phones while Apple and Android lines were untouched. The store staff in both places said they were experiencing vandalism.
Samsung investigated every reported case of batteries on fire and found them to be suspicious or fake.
I would not be surprised if a competitor was trying to take Samsung out of the race.
Samsung has been putting batteries into their phones for a long time now. It’s not like they don’t know what they’re doing.