“Shocking photos show the aftermath of an explosion that ripped a Samsung smartphone apart,” Lee Moran reports for The New York Daily News.
“A Redditor claims his Galaxy S3 blew up by the side of his bed as he was sleeping — and says these are the pictures that prove it,” Moran reports. “User Vizionx1208 posted snaps of his obliterated device on the social news site. He said he fell asleep after setting the phone to charge but was suddenly woken up by ‘a loud noise and a weird squeaking sound.'”
Moran reports, “His room quickly filled with smoke and a chemical smell. The phone, still plugged into the wall, was on the verge of catching fire. The mini blast also burned his mattress cover.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Shoulda bought a real iPhone instead of settling for a cheap plastic knockoff.
And, what’s good for the goose is doubly good for the goose’s illegal clone.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “TM” for the heads up.]
Super nova!
Definitely a black hole, or maybe a very dark brown one.
Galaxy has many extra features,most of which are useless, but this hand warmer thing is gonna be big!
Now that’s why Samesung has fire sales!
2 additional thoughts:
1) Galaxies don’t explode. They collide or merge. Hmm.
2) Perhaps this poor user isn’t a fanboy (get it? fan: cooling the hot battery? Well, I thought it was funny!)
Actually, the theory goes that in order for a galaxy to exist, there first has to be the explosion of a massive black hole.
And of course I know of no more massive black hole than Samsung. 😉
Clever and funny Derek… thx
Ouch! It must hurt not getting the real thing!
This is what happens when cheap plastic meets cheap battery.
Probably all the viruses running around inside meant that the phone CPU was constantly engaged running at high temperatures. Throw in a cheap battery in the volatile mix and the battery overheats during the charging process coupled with the hot always running CPU, you get an explosion of melted plastic parts.
Samsung fanboy, the perfect definition of a total cheapskate.
Good thing it wasn’t in his pocket. Would give new meaning to “num nuts”
Actually – all that you said, could be the reason why this happened… good points.
Imagine what will happen when a Samsung tablet explodes…
So THAT is the next big thing…
‘Sh.t happens when you buy sh.t’ products’!
The lawyers will help get him a new bed and an iPhone.
Now we know what the S in GalaxyS stands for….Supernova! Boom
People need to learn not to leave their electronic devices on an insulating surface (bed sheets, pillows, blankets, etc.). This is user error, not a fault of the device. Yah, I’m all serious, but its true! haha
Who trusts “coolfactor” to preach on heat issues?! 🙂
So you’re saying he was charging it wrong?
It fulfilled the prime directive
Sounds like another case of programmed cell death.
Beware Samsung fans of the Mission Impossible Special Edition Galaxy 3 & 4 models. Needless to say they have an even more limited life than the regular models…
Seeing as Apple has had to deal with bad batteries overheating and causing problems, I’m going to wait and see what was the actual cause.
(Sony was the prime source of overheating batteries on a large number of devices for several years. This was one reason Apple bought the lithium battery division of Mallory and have been making their own batteries ever since).
Reserving my gloating…
He should have gotten an LG Prada. That was the original. If only he had gotten the real thing…
You’re absolutely right Floyd, the LG Prada was an original piece of useless junk.
Too bad the LG Prada didn’t have an OS worth more than 30¢ per phone. Too bad LG only saw the iPhone hardware at the assembly plant when they were looking for ideas for the Prada. Too bad the LG Prada took off like a lead balloon.
It still came before iPhone (and Samsung Galaxy). Would you say the same thing about Xerox Alto, from 1972? That actually was innovative, with Ethernet, laser jet printing, an easy to use GUI, and the first public implementation of the mouse. While Apple is still a great company, you have to admit that others came first.
I’m thinking you are using a PC with Windows. You have to admit Windows came last.
Assuming you’re still talking about the LG Prada–it was announced and shown less than 1 MONTH before the iPhone was introduced *and demo’ed live*.
Apple did not copy the Prada, even though yes it was the first announced all-touchscreen device… though the Prada’s user interface was utter crap, limited to scroll bars and a T9 numpad for text input. More proof that Apple did not copy the Prada.
“We Bring Good Things to Life”,
was an advertising slogan used by General Electric,
though not Apples slogan; it is what Apple Does.
No other company but Apple, has honestly done so.
Samsungs’,
“Inspire the World, Create the Future”
is the furthest to the truth and should reconsider its slogan to…
“Copy, Cheat, Steal, Lie – a thief can profit in a troubled economy.”
At least its more inspirational – for those who are,
“breaking bad.”
Good thing Samsung Galaxy S3s have that removable battery! Solves everything!
It’s a feature. That’s the alarm.
How were those dual-ported big-ass bass-enhanced speakers at playing “Siren” when he needed it most?
Sure the phone wasn’t a new Samsung model called Super Nova?
I bet his cat was involved and peed on it. Where’d the cat go?
Serves him right for not using the real deal
Well, this should be frontline news material for at least a week at NYT.