Beleaguered Samsung has a ticking time bomb on its hands
“Samsung’s problems with exploding Note7 batteries have compounded with many users preferring to hold onto potentially dangerous handsets despite alarming cases of burns,” Chris Griffith reports for The Australian.
“Samsung announced a recall of more than 2.5 million Note7 handsets including 51,060 Note7’s in Australia almost three weeks ago. At that time the Korean manufacturer cited 35 incidents of explosions, burns and overheating handsets worldwide. Two cases were confirmed in Australia, including a Note7 belonging to a Melbourne businessman exploding in a hotel room in Perth,” Griffith reports. “In the US alone the incidence has swollen to 92 reports of overheating batteries, including 26 reports of burns and 55 of property damage. That’s one country.”
“Equally concerning is that only a small minority of users are taking Samsung’s recall seriously, if US figures are an indication. Last week The Verge reported that only 130,000 or 13 per cent of 1 million Note7 devices sold there had been returned. As a result, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US formally banned the use of Note7 handsets on flights,” Griffith reports. “This festering global public safety crisis is making life even more difficult for Samsung, which has been left reeling after releasing the Note7.”
MacDailyNews Take: God forbid one of these Samsung POS phones kills someone or brings down a plane or something equally horrific.
For any Android settlers who might have stumbled here from Google: Get a real iPhone. Life is too short to try to make due with a poor imitation that might randomly maim or kill.
Jeep charging a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (left) and a Jeep charging an Apple iPhone (right)
Garage charging a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (left) and a garage charging an Apple iPhone (right)
