Re-Boxing My Exploding Galaxy Note 7 In Samsung's Fireproof Box

[WelshBloke]

Bend-gate was definitely blown out of proportion.

Well its sparked off quite a large class action case.

https://www.google.com/amp/appleins...cting-iphone-6/amp/?client=ms-android-samsung

Not that that has anything to do with the Note 7.

 

[Mike64]

Imagine the outcry if iPhone 7's were exploding and needed fire proof boxes to return?

Actually, the outcry wouldn't be about the physical defect, but about Apple and its iFanatics claiming that it's really a bonus feature: "It's not just a phone, it's a handwarmer, too!".

 

[MongGrel]

Catching fire is not an explosion.
I'm well aware of the hazard. We've banned them on our ships. Even if the battery icon is green in the notification bar.

When the Singularity occurs, anyone using a cell phone will be the first with their backs to the wall

Just kidding, I think.

 

[o306]

Bend-gate was definitely blown out of proportion.

If the "touch disease" related to the iPhone 6 is truly due to bend-gate like it has been suggested and was apparently fixed for the 6s series, then the bendgate controversy in hindsight was a valid controversy.

http://ifixit.org/blog/8309/iphone-6-plus-gray-flicker-touch-death/
http://bgr.com/2016/08/26/iphone-touch-disease-iphone-6-plus-bendgate-how-to-fix/

 

[sham63]

This has got to be one of the most interesting things I've read in a while! A fireproof box for return? LoLz!



http://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-7-re-boxing,32834.html

When I had to return my Shield tablet because of the battery recall a similar box setup was used. They do not mess around when shipping defective lithium batteries.

 

[ericlp]

Living in Hawaii, where we have to send most of our crap via airplane, unless you can afford 1-2 months on a ship wait time. I'd be a bit worried shipping my iphone 7 back hoping that my iphone didn't catch fire burning up the plane and killing the fedex pilots.

That being said, maybe we should drain our batteries down as much as possible before shipping? If it did catch fire, it would burn less than a full charge.

Note7: I deliberately replaced X brand since any li-ion battery can catch fire if hot enough or enough pressure is placed on them. Samsung, and I give them credit was just doing what "WE ASKED THEM TO DO!" make our phones last longer per charge. They were pushing the envelope and got burned.

 

[Eug]

 

[Crono]

Living in Hawaii, where we have to send most of our crap via airplane, unless you can afford 1-2 months on a ship wait time. I'd be a bit worried shipping my iphone 7 back hoping that my iphone didn't catch fire burning up the plane and killing the fedex pilots.

That being said, maybe we should drain our batteries down as much as possible before shipping? If it did catch fire, it would burn less than a full charge.

Note7: I deliberately replaced X brand since any li-ion battery can catch fire if hot enough or enough pressure is placed on them. Samsung, and I give them credit was just doing what "WE ASKED THEM TO DO!" make our phones last longer per charge. They were pushing the envelope and got burned.

There are plenty of phones with higher capacities in thin bodied phones. I don't think that's the reason or excuse any more than having the battery be non-removable was necessarily the cause, as some people are quick to accept.

The main reason for the Note 7 fiasco is probably a combination of rushing out the product and not doing thorough enough testing. Somewhere in the product design is a flaw or flaws that should have been caught, but weren't.

 

[midwestfisherman]

The standard is simple - Apple has had reports of fireball phones for years, spanning multiple product generations. The American consumer protection agency has not investigated them, not once.
Samsung, a Korean company, has an issue with one line of phones and is immediately investigated. How's that for a double standard?

Where's your evidence of any of this happening with Apple currently?

 

[Ichinisan]

Where's your evidence of any of this happening with Apple currently?

Yeah. Basically anything with a LiPo battery could have compromise. Some of these phones were damaged. Some had cheap unsafe replacement batteries. Some may have even been manufacturing defects, but it wasn't widespread.