14 DAY TRIAL // The Note 7 is no longer up for grabs, and Samsung’s struggling to get it off the market, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that the exploding nightmare ended.
A Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge has burst into flames on a woman’s desk for no clear reason, even though the phone was not in use and not charging.
Ashleigh Deakin posted on Facebook photos of the aftermath, explaining that she decided to buy an iPhone because she can no longer trust Samsung (by the way, there were also reports of iPhones catching fire, so hopefully she didn’t buy an iPhone 6).
Samsung tightlipped
There’s no information on whether Samsung was informed about the explosion or not, but chances are the first thing the woman did was to post on Facebook. Judging from the tone of the message, she wasn’t contacted by Samsung before posting the message.
“Samsung, you SUCK! After witnessing my S7 Edge explode right in front of my eyes last night, I will officially be an iPhone user today. I will NEVER go back to using a Samsung after this. Not on a charger, not in use. Just sitting on my desk. I knew that the Notes were recalled, but not the S7 Edge,” she said in a message that also included hashtags like #MyBombWentOff and #StupidSamsung.
Before anything, it’s important to note that there’s no evidence that this report is real, mostly because no other details were provided. Samsung usually contacts owners experiencing such incidents pretty fast, and in this case, it’s not clear if the company got in touch with Ashleigh Deakin as well.
And even if we can’t tell for sure if it’s a fake explosion or not, there’s one thing that everyone should have in mind: all these explosions prove that lithium-ion batteries aren’t entirely safe, so always, but always, keep an eye on your phone when charging. Overheating is the first thing that should worry you, so be careful out there.
