14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung has recently launched the Galaxy Fold 3 with much fanfare, and this makes perfect sense, as this particular model is playing a key role in the company’s long-term push for foldables.
So the South Koreans hope everything would just go as smoothly as possible, with users out there to be provided with simply the best experience from one and to another.
Well, Samsung customer and Galaxy Z Fold 3 buyer Chad Christian went through something that brought back awful memories: his foldable caught fire all of a sudden, just like a genuine Galaxy Note 7.
Before anything, let me set things straight: the device was already damaged after the owner fell off a bike, and almost certainly, this is what caused the fire in the first place.
Not a new Note, that’s for sure
“The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 blew up on me when I was getting ready to box it up. Had to throw it in the garage. Definitely had some integrity damage,” the owner said on Twitter. “For the record this phone (which I just came back from a Samsung repair center where they said to just mail it in for replacement) fell off my bike a week or so ago. I am sure it had integrity damage which caused this. I don’t suspect this is a Note 7 type issue.”
Without a doubt, this has nothing to do with a bad battery or anything like that, but on the other hand, a Samsung phone catching fire instantly makes pretty much everybody think about the Galaxy Note 7.
The infamous Note 7 ended up being recalled and eventually retired completely after several units caught fire all of a sudden due to what seemed to be bad batteries. The South Korean company, however, was brave enough to completely pull all units from stores, choosing instead to wait for nearly a year until a revised and substantially improved Note was ready for customers.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 blew up on me when I was getting ready to box it up. Had to throw it in the garage. Definitely had some integrity damage. Can you imagine if it did this in shipping š pic.twitter.com/OnPHfZmKod — Chad Christian - American Dream Trading (@CoachCWC) September 26, 2021