14 DAY TRIAL // After two recalls, Samsung made the decision to disconnect the Galaxy Note 7, following multiple reports of units catching fire. The recall process has yet to be completed with some units still in the wild and Samsung intending to push out software updates to limit the phone’s capabilities.
The South Korean company launched an investigation and sent its results to third-party laboratories, but it hasn’t made its findings public yet. Meanwhile, the Galaxy Note 7 isn’t the only Samsung phone reported to catch fire.
A report on Reddit shows that a Galaxy S6 edge+ caught fire while placed on the nightstand. Redditor ReturnThroughAether said he woke up yesterday morning only to find his Galaxy S6 edge+ had caught fire overnight.
The owner already contacted Samsung and his carrier
The incident resulted in some damages to the nightstand, but fortunately, the phone’s owner wasn’t injured. Apparently, he talked to Samsung and his carrier about the issue. Sadly, he didn’t get the chance to back up photos from a trip, and judging by the pictures accompanying the post, the images are probably lost for good.
Users who replied to the post said they too had similar problems, one of them even mentioning his Galaxy S6 exploded and gave him a scar. After two months of arguing with Samsung, he finally received a different phone.
It remains to be seen how Samsung and the carrier will decide to go about this recent incident. The two companies will most likely offer the owner a replacement or a different device. Interestingly, the phone hadn’t had any overheating problems and it’s unclear at this point if it was charging overnight.
Another report of an exploding Galaxy S phone was recorded last week, when a Galaxy S7 edge exploded on a woman’s desk. The device wasn’t charging or in use. Truth be told, there have been reports of iPhones or Xiaomi devices catching fire as well, one of the reasons being the somewhat sensitive lithium-ion batteries that most phone manufacturers use.
