Galaxy Note 7 with updated battery catches fire on plane
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SSD_PRO
So we have "fixed" Samsung phones still burning, now more reports of iPhone 6 and 7 burning. It may be time to reduce the power of these phones until actual advancements are made. Quad core processors running 2.1-2.2GHz and pretty darn advanced graphics demand too much battery and they are obviously pushing the limits too far. We used to put big butt cooling on CPU's running 2+GHz and these things are choking inside cramped aluminium/plastic quarters wrapped in clothing.
SirDremor
2SSD_PRO ...you are talking Blasphemy! All we need is MORE POWER to run our batteries dry in less than a day!
If you think it is completely pointless as even heavy games don't require that much and VR is pants (more so via head-mounted phone), you have to have your head checked! At Samsung or Apple store (depending on practiced religion).
Kaarme
Samsung should just recall them altogether and resell them to the military. I hear they are great at smoking Isis fighters out of their lairs.
bombardier
"Green’s Note 7 is in the hands of the Louisville Fire Department’s arson unit for investigation. He has already replaced it with an iPhone 7."Come on!!! 😛eeleft:
Nothing here: https://www.aeroinside.com/incidents/airline/southwest
Denial
The processor still has a TDP limit, regardless to the clockspeed.
Faster processors = better battery. The vast majority of workloads on a phone are benefited by race to sleep. That's not to mention that the TDP limit of mobile processors hasn't really increased and basically everything else is lower (AMOLED screens for example are now sub 1w at 50% APL).
WhiteLightning
Moderator
most bang for the buck, now with twice the bang
Solfaur
Just wow, imagine having this happen while you sleep...
ScoobyDooby
I just got home from a flight back from Bali Indonesia, and they are outright banning these handsets from getting on planes in Asia as of this week.
Samsung has a real problem here beyond the initial numbers that have been reported.
CrazY_Milojko
One day we're gonna read that someone from plane security crew was confused by smoke and fire coming from the seat of some unlucky passenger which Note 7 just caught fire while they were at air: "... sorry, when I saw smoke and fire I thought he was terrorist, had to kill him..." Who's fault that's going to be!?
LimitbreakOr
I'm glad i stopped buying Samsung phones years ago when i was disappointed with its cheap build quality.
nhlkoho
I'm ready to upgrade.
http://www.skepticfriends.org/forum/uploaded/1897/iPhoneHeatsink.jpg
Glottiz
here's some more footage of problematic note 7 device.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GhODn4FRoE
airbud7
hehehe^ @nhlkoho
Agent-A01
How much worm does it get though?
Maybe you can use it as bait when you go fishing
Rexob
It's nice to see Samsung blazing the trail for the next generation of phones adding a new incendiary feature.
Q6600
Perfect for Hillary Clinton lmfao
sykozis
You can't install a Noctua HSF on a Note 7. That will disable Samsung's new, innovative feature. It ensures the safety of user data by bursting into flames.... Thieves can't access the data without getting burnt.
Daftshadow
If I may be blunt, Samsung crapped on this big time and don't think they will be able to fix this unless they do an overhaul for both the battery unit and the components inside the phone for battery charging. Thought about getting the galaxy s7, before this fire exploding issue, just gonna stay away from all Samsung phones for that matter.
Monchis
Samsung always had questionable quality as far as I remember, crt tvs with crappy flybacks, my 750s monitor got unusable while my older sharp and pana tvs are still kicking for my retrogaming, my first lcd (samsung) went green, my second had dust under screen. Actually I think it´s Korean quality because LG is crappy too.
Venix
guys ! i think sumsung is burning the evidence !
