For all the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users who thought that Samsung would replace their units with defective batteries with news ones, you might have to rethink of buying another smartphone instead. A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 reportedly burst while in an airplane.
A Louisville to Baltimore Southwest Airlines flight was forced to vacate their seats because of a "smoking" Samsung Galaxy Note 7, according to The Verge. No one was hurt and everyone got out of the plane safely.
What is to be noted here is the fact that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone of a passenger was actually a replacement phone, meaning this was one of the million which was recalled by Samsung due to defective batteries. Brian Green, the owner of the said smartphone, said his Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking when he turned it off and placed it in his pocket when the cabin crew requested to turn all the gadgets off.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 emitted "thick grey-grey green angry smoke," when Brian Green dropped the smartphone on the floor. The owner also confirmed that it was indeed a replacement phone he picked up from an AT&T shop recently.
Samsung said it needed to retrieve the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone first to be able to know if it is really a replacement phone and that they were working with authorities to know what really happened. An investigation was opened by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to another report by The Verge.
Other passengers said the Samsung Galaxy Note 7's fire burned through the carpet. This just shows that the replacement smartphones are still defective.
Its rival, Apple, was recently haunted by the same situation. As iPhones were recently exploding, too. A recent report showed that an iPhone 6s allegedly exploded in the back pocket causing second degree burns to the victim. Another one was with an iPhone 7s Plus which exploded during shipment. Though the customer was not hurt, the event caused others to question of buying a more expensive iPhone is worth it.
