Man's phone burns, toasts trouser region
Samsung Galaxy S II goes up in smoke
It's not just iPhones that have their incendiary moments - some fellow's Samsung Galaxy S II went up in smoke too. In his trouser pocket.
Pictures of the handset after the event were posted on the XDA Developers forum yesterday. The handset pictured was, it's claimed, less than two weeks old.
Source: Silly22, XDA Developers
The guy "heard a sound, [felt] a burning sensation on his leg and as he pulled this piece of junk out of his pocket he smelled burning. There was smoke coming out of his pocket and out of the phone", a pal, who posted the pics, wrote.
Unsurprisingly, the handset's owner was "scared" by the experience.
The startled man "almost lost his nuts!" chortled his chum.
Source: Silly22, XDA Developers
The incident comes days after an iPhone overheated and belched out "significant amounts of dense smoke" on an Australian passenger aircraft mid-flight.
The pics of the Samsung suggest the battery was at fault. The iPhone's power pack has been fingered as the culprit too. ®
COMMENTS
Samsung slavishly copy Apple, again.
If this isn't proof of flagrant duplication, I don't know what it.
When I open my Galaxy S II, the layout and orientation of the lens & flash, SIM card and microSD card is very different from that picture. Are you sure that's a GS II?
No missing functionality
See? Android phones are capable of doing *everything* iPhones can do.
Seems obvious
This isn't a problem for any one manufacturer, but instead it seems to be an issue with the current battery designs which are found in the vast majority of phones on the market. Something causes them to short out and hey-presto you have your very own pocket warmer. This isn't even a modern occurance. I remember my friend's compact film camera suddenly going up in smoke back in 1992 because it had previously gotten wet the day before and the built-in rechargeable battery suddenly caught fire. What these batteries need is the equivalent of a temperature regulated fuse. When the sensor measures a temperature above a certain level it should cut all power to the device.
Major difference between Samsung and iPhone in such a scenario:
At least, with the Samsung, you can get to and (maybe) remove the power source, with the potential (no pun intended!) to eliminate futher energy input...
(Mine's the one with the smoking pocket...)
