Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have barely made it into the wild, but early reports of the devices exploding in customers’ homes may have caused the company to delay shipments.
In a statement to news outlets today, Samsung said it delayed shipments to do product-quality tests, however, local reports from South Korea reveal the company may be investigating whether the device is prone to spontaneously burst into flames.
“Shipments of the Galaxy Note 7 are being delayed due to additional tests being conducted for product quality,” Samsung said, declining to elaborate what it is testing and what markets are delayed.
Last week a Galaxy Note 7 owner posted pictures of the device after it exploded while charging. The device was supposedly connected to a microUSB to USB Type-C converter so it could have been caused by a third-party accessory.
Photo: Mr Ni/Baidu
Another Galaxy Note 7 owner in South Korea experienced the same thing a few days later when her device exploded while charging at night. “I woke up by the bang and the smell of smoke,” she told followers on social media.
Samsung’s rival Apple certainly knows what its like to deal with exploding iPhone controversies, but it has never caused a delay in shipments or even admitted any fault.
With the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus being unveiled in less than two weeks, this a really bad time for Samsung to run into problems.
Source: Korea Herald
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
15 responses to “Samsung stops shipping Galaxy Note 7 after phones explode”
So, I guess you can say that the Galaxy Note 7 is literally “Da Bomb”?
Hey, I’m sure they would love to use these as props for upcoming Mission Impossible movies.
This phone is going to self destruct in 5 seconds…….
I know, somehow, there have been “exploding” iPhone’s but as the article stated, it’s nothing compared to this.
Whoops. Not a good phone after all, huh? Bet Apple are having a chuckle right now.
Samsung dropped the bomb..
I wonder if the FAA is going to ban them from being carried on a flight.
Last year it was the pen getting stuck. This year it’s exploding batteries. It seems rushing things to market isn’t always best.
Explodegate here we come
Nah, the various “gates” are only reserved for Apple issues. Samsung will get a free pass, as usual.
Mine is getting hot whole I’m writing this. Duck! Fire on the hole!!!
It’s a FEATURE!
The official phone of ISIS.
NOTE7 is worst samsung phone ever/
still better than what Apple is going to release in the future
Get lost, troll.
Same as the few cases where iPhones exploded – third party chargers or cables. Especially since it uses USB-C, those connectors are super sensitive to specs.