Monday, June 25, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S III is hot: bursts into flames and melts through its own casing

Samsung Galaxy S III is hot: bursts into flames and melts through its own casing

Bad news for Samsung, as this Galaxy S III apparently malfunctioned while in an in-car holster, causing some substantial melting and burn marks across the lower half of the device. The global HSPA+ iteration of Samsung's new flagship apparently sparked into white flames, followed by a bang. While it's certainly not the first smartphone to implode in transit, the damage — along the base but separate to the charging port — looks pretty substantial and although the screen still apparently worked, reception was dead. The phone has been whisked off to a repair center through phone retailer Carphone Warehouse for the full autopsy.

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