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Samsung Blames Galaxy SIII Burn On "External Energy Source"
MojoKid writes "Samsung has some great news for Galaxy SIII smartphone owners. As it turns out, your mobile device isn't at risk of overheating to the point where it catches on fire and burns through its casing, as a forum member at Boards.ie claimed was the case with his Galaxy SIII a couple of weeks ago. [Note: And has since retracted.] Fire Investigations UK (FIUK), an independent third-party organization, assisted Samsung with looking into the matter, and here's what they concluded: 'The energy source responsible for generating the heat has been determined as external to the device... the device was not responsible for the cause of the fire,' FIUK said in a statement. 'The only way it was possible to produce damage similar to the damage recorded within the owner's damaged device was to place the devices or component parts within a domestic microwave.'"
Will it blend?
So, why wasn't the title "Microwave discovered to be cause of Galaxy SIII Burn"? Why are we trying to spin the headline to make it look like Samsung's making excuses for itself?
mmmm, a conspiracy theory about this community's propensity for conspiracy theories... nice!
I suggest that people should need a license to use advanced technology like mobile phones. And someone sticking their mobile phone into a microwave should lose that license for life.
In other news, expensive Cuban cigars fall apart, as soon as you try to clean it with kitchen blender.
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Some men just like to watch the galaxy burn.
Duh. Microwaves are strictly for drying dogs. Everyone knows not to put metal in the microwave.
What a moron, EVERYONE knows that the only real way to dry cell phones is to put them in the toaster.
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Could we just get this over with and put it on ASK SLASHDOT? I'm waiting...
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Duh. Microwaves are strictly for drying dogs. Everyone knows not to put metal in the microwave.
But make sure you take the collar and tags off before drying the dog!!!!! I forgot to do that before putting Scrapy in the microwave. It did not end well. My poor daughter cried for a week straight after this. I felt horrible. If only I had taken his collar off first, this tragedy could have been averted.
Technically, you don't have to die, just remove yourself from the gene pool. If you've got no kids and, through some act of stupidity, manage to reduce your gonads to the texture and consistency of lumpy oatmeal, you're still eligible.
Of course, at that point, I'd probably rather be dead, myself.
For everyone else: DON'T PUT YOUR FUCKING PHONE IN THE MICROWAVE.
yes, the microwave is for organic stuff, like drying your pet. Or your baby.
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1) Will it blend? Yes
2) Will it Microwave? No
Got it!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
A fairer title might have been "Idiot puts phone in microwave, phone and phone's manufacturer found unlike to be to blame".
You even managed to work a typo into the title, more in keeping with proper Slashdot submissions. Nice work :)
The person above was KIDDING! Do not dry your baby, cat, dog, hamster, mouse, whatever, in a microwave! It will kill them!
+1, this ^^
Use your old-school tumble-dryer instead.
It takes a bit longer, but the risk of explosions is much lower.
Should that be boiled rice or fried rice?