Galaxy S6 arrives with a blown up battery, customer reports

17. Doakie (Posts: 2227; Member since: 06 May 2009)

COOL! A THICKER MODEL! I wonder what the mAh is on its battery? JK

27. omar300 (Posts: 209; Member since: 24 Jun 2012)

dayam! thats some curvey phone!

35. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

That's the S-Plode feature.

58. Scott93274 (Posts: 5396; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

I'm sure they stole that feature from Apple.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2729656/Could-smartphones-banned-flights-iPhone-5-catches-fire-plane-Tel-Aviv-poses-big-question-airlines.html

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26858259/iphone-6-catches-fire-in-mans-pocket

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/03/iphone-5c-catches-fire-in-students-pocket-causes-second-degree-burns

74. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)

You're grasping at straws.

75. Scott93274 (Posts: 5396; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)

How so, they're all documented examples of the iPlode feature that's been occurring over the last couple years.

69. QuadKore (Posts: 6; Member since: 08 May 2015)

Well seeing as it's about 3 times the normal size, I'd say somewhere around 7650mah...2550mah x 3. Not bad lol!

25. medicci37 (Posts: 1335; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)

Once again Samsung copies Apple

50. TechieXP1969 (Posts: 14501; Member since: 25 Sep 2013)

Really?

70. sofyanrhs (Posts: 15; Member since: 07 Feb 2015)

copies? do u have a Brain????

55. Simona (unregistered)

I don't believe this sht ..
Some iphone sht fanboy made this up bribed by craapple !!

56. Simona (unregistered)

http://article.wn.com/view/2015/03/04/Exploding_iPhone_Man_Claims_His_iPhone_Exploded_In_His_Pocke/

59. ecmedic4 (Posts: 420; Member since: 02 May 2013)

Of course, cause nothing like that could happen to a samsung phone right? It can happen to any phone, and has happened to other samsung phones in the past, as well as Apple and other OEMS, its just one of the quirky things with mass producing a product, there will always be some sort of defect with some units, especially initial batches. It affects all OEMS. So stop with the hate/conspiracy nonsense and accept reality or go somewhere else and post.

73. Simona (unregistered)

Ooh SHUT UUUP... and get the grip..
Have some beer :-)

76. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

LG G4 is better removable battery and longer life according to most reviewers

65. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 2195; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)

hahaha this is great news in 1....2...3...

77. LGisgood (Posts: 833; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)

LG G4 is better because its removable and does have better battery life according to majority reviewers.

4. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

It's probably and some leakage within the battery but not enough to cause it to explode. (just a guess). However, look at a lot of MacBook, after years of usage, the battery swell up and makes the track pad unusable.

28. iosl0ver5eva (Posts: 119; Member since: 16 Jan 2015)

Keyword "years of usage"
But this is a Samsung phone so of course it's ok that someone got a bad model but if it were an iPhone you immature android folk would be having a field day

32. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

Years of usage? I have my Sony laptop for 7 yrs. I haven't even seen the battery swell up. So? any comment?

36. sniper1087 (Posts: 532; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)

Have an old macbook for over 8 years and battery never swelled up.

51. TechieXP1969 (Posts: 14501; Member since: 25 Sep 2013)

You're right. Because iFans think that IPhone are so precious, indestructible and premium. According to them, iPhones never break, never stop working, never lag, never have problems.

That's why. So yes we rub it in.

Samsung fans don't even claim Samsung products are perfect.

However issues like scratchgate, antennagate bendgate and some of those other issues, mostly every iFan claimed because so few had the issue then its no big deal.

So this is no big deal. So far only on confirm account.

60. ecmedic4 (Posts: 420; Member since: 02 May 2013)

It isn't a big deal, but neither was bendgate or scratch gate. Tech news sites and fanboys/haters like to blow things out of proportion though. Just like several complaints of the GS6 Edge with scratched screens out of the box, it wasn't a big deal either since it wasn't highly widespread. There will always be some defects when mass producing anything, its just the way life is. It just happens that ppl, especially diehard fanboys/haters of certain companies like to blow things out of proportion.

64. TechieXP1969 (Posts: 14501; Member since: 25 Sep 2013)

I disagree. The chances millions of phones have a defective battery that will blow up is very low. However every single iPhone had the same design until they fixed it. That means literally millions of phones have the same design defect.

You just don't get it do you? A phone that retails for over $1000 should not bend in your pocket. This isn't about Apple, its about cost. If I pay $1000 for anything, I expect it to be better than something that costs 1/3 the price. I can buy a brand new phone that was made in 2012 and pay at most $300 for it and have equal or better specs then the present iPhone.

Samsung has NEVER blames a consumer for a fault found in their devices, no matter whose fault it is.

The iPhone 4 was defective by design. It should never have been released. Then Apple tried to sell the fix as an accessory. Sams thing they did with the iPhone 6's. They made a special replacement program just for it where paying 50% the cost of the phone you can get a replacement. That's dumb. My carriers insurance will replace it for just $99.

Apple messes up and makes you pay for It. As cool as the S6 is, its price has basically remained the same. Still starts at 599 and it wont bend in your pocket.

52. TechieXP1969 (Posts: 14501; Member since: 25 Sep 2013)

The longest I have ever had a laptop was for 10 years+.
The first being my old IBM ThinkPad 760 which I paid $3000 for which today still works and my Dell Adamo XPS.

Neither of them hold a charge as they still have their original factory installed batteries. When I do use them, I plug them in and I have to remember not to unplug them because I literally have less than 10 secs to plug back in or shutdown.

But no battery has expanded or leaked or exploded so far.

40. brunelian92 (Posts: 79; Member since: 04 Feb 2015)

It's to do with air Ingres into the battery cell as the lithium will react with oxygen in the air. It's likely that their was oxygen either trapped during production. Before the cell was charged for the first time, or it was damaged and air was able to leak into the battery.

42. brunelian92 (Posts: 79; Member since: 04 Feb 2015)

Forgot to mention it can also be overcharging which causes one of the terminals to oxidize and become unstable.

43. brunelian92 (Posts: 79; Member since: 04 Feb 2015)

Forgot to mention it can also be overcharging which causes one of the terminals to oxidize and become unstable.