Samsung phones blowing up at pandemic rates, urging return of removable batteries (Samsung responds)

This is a public service announcement! Check your drawers for any Samsung (or different brand) phones that aren’t in use, as they are a potential fire hazard!In case you follow the smartphone industry, particularly on YouTube and Twitter, you’d know that there have been recent reports of Samsung phones that are … “blowing up”, or at least about to. Of course, to most, that’d probably bring immediate Galaxy Note 7 flashbacks – we all remember when Samsung’s 2016 flagship phone became the subject of universal entry checks, jokes, and legitimate fires.Despite trying, in the end Samsung wasn’t able to handle the Note 7 battery crisis. The company recalled the defective phones and released a fresh batch of Note 7s (after having changed its battery supplier). The issues persisted, and the Note 7 was eventually officially discontinued less than two months after…

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