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Samsung Galaxy J5 Catches Fire and Explodes in France, Says AP (popularmechanics.com)

Posted by msmash on from the phone-on-fire dept.

A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded. The model is different from the Galaxy Note 7 that has been recalled worldwide. From a report on Associated Press: Lamya Bouyirdane told The Associated Press that on Sunday she noticed the phone was very hot after she asked her four-year-old son to pass it over. She said she threw the phone away when she realized it had "swollen up" and smoke was coming out. The phone then caught fire and the back of the handset blew off. Her partner quickly extinguished it.

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  1. Does anyone have comparitive stats by presidenteloco · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of battery fires on different smartphone brands, as a percentage of units sold?

    Pretty sure the odd one of any kind ends up with a smoking Li-ion battery.

    Is Samsung being unfairly further beat up here because of the laser of media attention on it now?

    What do the objective facts say.

    I'm genuinely interested cause have a Note 5 in my pocket right now.

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    1. Re:Does anyone have comparitive stats by vux984 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Is Samsung being unfairly further beat up here because of the laser of media attention on it now?

      Yes.

      What do the objective facts say.

      The public i don't think is privy to much in the way of real stats.
      But anecdotally...

      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

      http://www.phonearena.com/news...

      http://www.windowscentral.com/...

      http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobile...

      From which we can objectively say that other phones catch fire too.

      And I wouldn't worry about the J5 too much... it looks like a cut down version of the S5. Hardly cutting edge or pushing any boundaries. It came out in June 2015. So 18 months... one handset. People are definitely just attaching it to the samsung hype.

  2. All cell phones can explode by ADRA · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The only relevant stat is how frequently a given model does, and if so, what conditions the phone was subjected to when it occurred. A one-off incident is unfortunate but certainly within the realm of possibility (enter any phone here).

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  3. Re:In the words of Gus Grissom... by freeze128 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too soon, man.

  4. Re: very interesting by The-Ixian · · Score: 4, Interesting

    iPhones aren't known to combust

    http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/...
    http://www.digitaltrends.com/m...
    http://bgr.com/2016/10/03/ipho...
    http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-i...

    I think that you could find reports of any device with l-ion batteries exploding/catching fire.

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  5. it's a secret game! by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Funny

    <Overlord> N7.
    <Samsung_> aww shit. hit. R3.
    <Overlord> miss! umm... J5?
    <Samsung_> FUCK! another hit. Q9.
    <Overlord> miss, ha! S-
    <Samsung_> NO! NOT S! ANYTHING BUT S!

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