Samsung Blames Galaxy SIII Burn On "External Energy Source"

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 8, 2012 @08:52PM from the but-I-used-the-defrost-setting dept.

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.'"

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I guess the next question is.... by Apothem · 2012-07-08 20:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Will it blend?
Re:Let me get this straight by should_be_linear · 2012-07-08 21:15 · Score: 5, Funny

In other news, expensive Cuban cigars fall apart, as soon as you try to clean it with kitchen blender.

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...and by Konster · 2012-07-08 21:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Some men just like to watch the galaxy burn.
Re:Let me get this straight by antifoidulus · 2012-07-08 21:51 · Score: 5, Funny

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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Re:If I remember correctly... by damien_kane · 2012-07-09 01:04 · Score: 5, Funny

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.