We’ve poked fun at Samsung before for its issues with the Galaxy S7’s battery and its propensity to catch fire and/or explode. Now, the Late Show seems to have delivered the finishing move with its mock commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S8. In the commercial, the announcer asks one simple question: “How can we design […]
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It isn’t pretty, but perhaps it conveys a larger hardware problem that needs attention. A video shared by one Brianna Olivas shows an iPhone 7 Plus burning to the point that the case is melting away and smoke is erupting from the side of the device. Apple, in turn, has offered the following response to […]
Samsung will offer a full explanation of the Galaxy Note7 smartphone fires sometime later this month according to South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo. The device, which launched in late August, began experiencing instances in which the devices exploded or caught fire when charging. At the time, the company said the underlying issue was “problematic” batteries […]
Apple has apparently figured out what the cause of its iPhone 6s battery flaws and unexpected shutdowns was. The company released a short note linking the issues to mistakes made during the manufacturing process: “We found that a small number of iPhone 6s devices made in September and October 2015 contained a battery component that […]
It’s the story that never ends. Samsung has set up Galaxy Note 7 exchange booths in airports around the world, apparently in an effort to stop customers taking the dangerous device onto flights at the last minute. The first of these new “customer service points” appear to have been introduced in South Korean airports, but […]