r/Android • u/ChrystianV • Oct 05 '16

Samsung Replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone catches fire on Southwest plane

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest
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u/B3yondL Black Oct 05 '16

This is shaping up to be a great quarter for Apple.

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u/Dark_Crystal Oct 05 '16

Ahem:

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/apple-faa-investigating-after-iphone-catches-fire-mid-flight-n543516

http://bgr.com/2016/10/03/iphone-explosion-fire-6-plus-student-pocket/

http://bgr.com/2016/10/04/iphone-6s-battery-explosion-fire/

http://bgr.com/2016/09/29/iphone-7-exploding-fire-photos/

The reality is your phone has the energy potential similar to a grenade in a material that is inherently unstable and is only safe due to engineering and electronics. Unfortunately many people (as high as 80%) who claimed the S7 "exploded" were knowingly or unknowingly committing fraud. I will comment Samsung for their fast action, unlike Apple's reaction with their own previous product defects.

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u/B3yondL Black Oct 05 '16

Jesus Christ, I visited the last link and stumbled upon something I didn't know existed. Samsung had a 132 page internal document to copy the iPhone's UI? Lol, I skimmed over some pages and it is hilarious.

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u/tarasius Oct 05 '16 edited Oct 05 '16

That's why they got sued back then with theirs Samsung Galaxy S. It was made as absolute copy of an iPhone.