Samsung Galaxy S III explodes onto the scene, literally

46. Martine (Posts: 102; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)

Please Update the article. The user has already gotten a replacement phone. here:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79323848&postcount=32

83. nyuvo (Posts: 72; Member since: 10 May 2012)

Yeah, going by that comment it seems that this may be due to the heating system. It's like operating a laptop next to heater blowing hot air on it for a couple of hours.
Something bad will happen.

The problem with things like these are that news websites only want to tell a certain part of the story or won't bother to update an article once more information comes forward.

Even look that the "tree octopus" case.

It really shows how ignorant people are becoming and how you can't always trust what you read on the internet

88. Phullofphil (Posts: 807; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)

Well I had my most all my phones at one time in blazing heat on my heater charging in my window area and never had that problem. I would guess it would have to be a short. Millions of phones and one ore two phones got past with faults is not unheard of. I believe it was not even plugged in to the electricity. Even if it was I would think a faulty wire touching another or basically shorting out is what that was. You can start a fire with a 9volt battery and some steel wool.

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

It's only one phone out of thousand phones. Doesn't make the SGS3 a bad phone or need a recall.

79. jed27 (Posts: 65; Member since: 09 Jun 2012)

yeah. because one person is just one life put to danger out of billions of people. it doesn't make the danger alarming, and so it could be ignored.

6. cepcamba (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)

What you'd rather them ship you a phone that may explode in your face while making a call? IMO, while it's a pisser, it's actually better if they hold off shipping until they find out what the problem is.

Also, I know it's not plugged, but who knows it maybe a faulty car dock.

57. sithman (banned) (Posts: 299; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)

Don't try to shift the attention to apple. Keep it on samsungs defective phone where it should b.

67. RoundBallmer (banned) (Posts: 43; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

blame samsung for copying Apple yet again lol

84. sithman (banned) (Posts: 299; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)

See comment #57

82. kaintae (Posts: 80; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57332348-71/iphone-goes-up-in-smoke-on-plane/

85. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)

#57: #7 is it shifting the attention to Apple, he/she is just telling the truth.

89. darkkjedii (Posts: 25637; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)

See comment #57 lol. Good one sithman

91. OSUTIN (Posts: 23; Member since: 28 May 2012)

I really hate this comment, and yet I couldn't help but get a good laugh out of it. Thank you for making my day and making me hate something temporarily.

30. 9_2_5 (Posts: 11; Member since: 21 Jun 2012)

the article specifially says "WITH THE CHARGER NOT PLUGGED IN"...someone here is illiterate

47. MEeee (Posts: 374; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

If your phone got blown up, are you stupid enough to tell them that the $1 China made charger was plugged in?

58. sithman (banned) (Posts: 299; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)

He wasn't using a charger dummy

17. wendygarett (unregistered)

Btw, is it me or this device has highly overrated just like iphone4s... Oh well... It really just me...