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A Samsung Galaxy A21 Smartphone Caught Fire on a Plane
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You should contact the FAA and airlines letting them know how they can save lot of money!
i use both and both have its pros. There are a lot of things I wish my 1250€ iPhone would copy from my 300 € Galaxy
In reality, if an iPhone (any model) caught fire on a plane, the whole internet world would be on fire. Every news outlet, every TV channel, every YouTuber and blogger (and their dogs) would cover it. Why would MacRoumors resist such a golden opportunity to get traffic on their articles? You may not realise it, but to them is a business! They are running a very popular site and it would be foolish not to cover it. But I agree with the slow news day part though. It is an A21, therefore no one seem to care much to talk about it.
An iPhone is a status symbol.
You don't ever want your Instagram followers to catch you using anything but an iPhone. I mean, how embarrassing would that be? Like, ew.
This is a very misleading post.
Samsung phones catch fire on plenty of days other than Tuesdays.
We just assume that an aftermarket battery for a Samsung device would be a quality improvement.
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They followed procedures (they have fireproof bags now to stuff devices in) but the phone was filling the cabin with potentially toxic smoke.
Presumably they were on the ground but not at the gate, hence needing to evacuate via slides.
Lithium battery fires pretty much go until they run out of power. I would expect the battery bags to seal, but that won't help with the smoke already in the cabin.
Are you paying for texsts, if you are not , what is the big deal with the colour? I would understand if your plan did not include unlimited texts, paying extra because if sombody elses chouce is announg
Samsung's best feature. building military's explosive in phone camouflage. hide in plain sight.
? Of course they would, they report things like this. If there is one, sure they would.
Maybe the right question is, if it’s feasible selling a smartphone for less than $200 without cutting back on safety. For that price, at least some components are probably inferior. Selling electronics for the lowest price possible means chafing of costs and every possible level in the production and manufacturing process. This will in the end result in incidents like phones catching fire.
I'd rather take my chances with a plane full of A21 users than a plane full of people with your attitude.
Samsung has even cheaper handsets for less than $100. Plenty of cheap handsets from many Chinese OEMs as well. How often do you hear anything about them having this issue? Imo price is irrelevant, and only snobbish people thinking that people must buy expensive smartphones.
True but usually after being deformed compressed, etc. the old Samsung phones (the boom) were from design flaws with the terminals too close together. Pretty sure their on top of that still.
Ok gonna back that up with some evidence sir?….I don’t think u can do it.
Reasonable conclusions based on first-hand experience can be helpful, but people's opinions about consumer products don't mean anything to me. Their free-range opinions can run... free.
My first-hand experience is what matters to me. My Galaxy A20 smartphone is a great device for my purposes... a gorgeous super AMOLED screen, teardrop notch, support for microSD card, headphone jack, and so on... all for $180 (new, no contract). All that before getting into the ability to use it in landscape mode, keyboard, mouse, extended display.... (even though it doesn't support DeX, it is still very flexible)
Nothing that anyone says can alter what I experience day in and day out. Just as my first-hand experiences with iPhones can't alter (and shouldn't) what people who enjoy their iPhones experience.
At least the aircraft was on the ground, up in the air, although controllable, I would think it would be scary.
Will be interested to see if anything comes out of this.
Will be interested to see if anything comes out of this.
Are you saying this is not an isolated incident, similar to the Note 7 and that's why it made headlines here?No.
The story about an iPhone 6 fire on a flight to Hawaii didn't make front page news because it was one tiny isolated incident... kinda like this one about the Samsung A21
iPhone 6 catches fire on flight to Hawaii
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3500697/Girl-s-iPhone-catches-fire-Alaska-Airlines-flight-Hawaii-eight-inch-flames-erupting-smartphone-passengers-scrambled-aisles.htmlforums.macrumors.com
Nor did the story about an iPhone 6 that nearly exploded in a 11 year old girl's hand while she was using it
11-year-old girl says her iPhone began sparking in her hand, leaving holes in her blanket
Kayla Ramos says she was holding her phone in her hand when sparks started flying from the device.www.usatoday.com
Or the story of an iPhone 6 Plus exploding in a kid's back pocket while he was in class
Student's iPhone explodes in his back pocket, catches fire during class
It was a scary scenario for Darin Hlavaty, a student at Rowan College at Burlington County, after he says his iPhone 6 Plus exploded in his back pocket, burning a hole in his jeans.6abc.com
Or the iPhone 7 that burned up a guy's car
iPhone 7 being investigated after surfer claims it set his car on fire
Australian man says the iPhone ‘melted’ and destroyed his car while he was on the beach, as lithium-ion batteries under scrutiny amid major Samsung recallwww.theguardian.com
A story about airlines banning Mac laptops did make front page though
Some Airlines Banning All MacBook Pros From Checked Luggage and Preventing Use During Flights
Following Apple's recall of some 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro models with faulty batteries, airlines around the world are starting to implement bans,...www.macrumors.com
I don't even recall seeing MR report on the iPhone XR fire
iPhone XR caught fire after getting trapped in airline passenger's seat
Sulphorous stench was self-immolating Apple productwww.theregister.com
or iPhone X exploding
Australian man takes legal action against Apple after his iPhone X ‘exploded’ in his pocket - 9to5Mac
Apple is facing a lawsuit in Australia after an iPhone X user claims the device exploded in his pocket, leading...9to5mac.com
though the iPhone 4 fire did make front page, but it didn't happen on a plane.
Firefighter's iPhone 4 "Spontaneously Caught Fire" While Charging
A firefighter in the Pennsylvanian town of East Brandywine experienced a close call with his iPhone 4 earlier this month, according to a post on the East Brandywine Fire Company's website. The department notes that the phone has been sent to Apple headquarters in California so the company's...
I would guess if up in the air, they would just need to open the doors to get some air flow through the cabin to clear the smoke! They could get rid of the phone at the same time! 😂
These batteries…it will happen with Apple, Samsung, and all other manufacturers. It’s just a fact of modern life. Insane.
They renamed Slave One to Firespray. That sounds like a generic name made by a sci name generator. Lol. Renaming the past to keep up with the shifting preferences of the present is hilarious and pathetic.
Samsucks [sic] flaming phone! Oh well, lithium batteries occasionally catch on fire, and when they do you can't extinguish the fire very easily. This seems to be a very isolated case. Thankfully it wasn't a set of large lithium batteries on a Boeing airplane going up, or a cargo container full of them.
Oh cmon now...there are lots of videos showing iphone batteries catching fire and exploding. But they never seem to get on the MR front pages like the hated Samsung does lol
I can post them here if you like?