Right, I didn't mean the equipment was the same situation. I meant that holding a ready-to-burn phone to your head was the same. Heating, swelling, popping sounds, usually precede an event.
The reason I gave the iPhone example, was because it had a LOT of cases of it happening, yet I don't recall hearing about a spate of burned people as a result. Lots of scorched desks and tables, though.
Doesn't mean there isn't a chance of personal injury. But history indicates it's fortunately rare.
Nope, not at all.
Although frankly, that pen thing _was_ overblown. I've had a Note for years and never put the pen in backwards. For one thing, that means the pointy end would be sticking out.
Pen-gate was about as real and as bogus as Bend-gate. Meaning yes, there was a design flaw. But to cause it, you generally had to do something you shouldn't do 😱
As a 62 year old native English speaker who always had top grades, I can assure you that "shill" implies being compensated. Every dictionary entry, including that one, said so.
(When that entry said "have an interest in", it didn't mean casual interest. It meant monetary interest, as exemplified by the example.)
You're looking for a phrase to describe what? Someone who always praises one company and disses another? Easy: "males on the internet" 😀
Apple had to recall the iPhone 4 for exploding / burning batteries.
Apple had at least 1 death due to electrocution of an Air Stewardess in China electrocuted while using her iPhone 5 while charging. Initial reports of her being just out of the bath at the time were later admitted to be completely false and disinformation. Apple refused to acknowledge or recall the cable. Rumours of a payoff to her family abound the internet.
Apple refused to acknowledge Bendgate, the iPhone 6s and 6s+ that would bend even if you didn't sit on them), Apple reluctantly recalled millions of Chargers sold over 10yr period with Aus/China sockets.
Apple are refusing to acknowledge or repair the 'frozen screen' issues when phone is out of warranty and currently facing potential class action lawsuit.
Apple AMD-Gate with the AMD chips on the Macbook Pro 2011 burnt out many a Macbook just out of warranty and refused to repair, despite everybody and their mother (except Apple) acknowledging the issue.
Apple Macbook Pros with antiglare covering (glare-gate?) peeling of the screens yet another failing Apple fails to acknowledge or own up to - there was another class action lawsuit pending there.
Speaking as someone who has been significantly zapped by iPod touch (apple cable intact btw) Apple appears to not care about safety or even acknowledging its problems.
If the note 7 issue happened to Apple with their iPhone 7, I don't think they would react as quickly or as positively as Samsung have in this case. I say this as an Apple fan with Macbook Air, MacMini, 3 Ipods, 2 iPads, 3 iphones, and another Macbook Pro on the way after the upcoming upgrade.
Note 7 appears to be completely battery supplier fault, not the phone itself.
Samsung have actually gone up in my estimation as a result of how they handled this issue.
These forums alone show Apple less than stella on its products design - despite how well they look and the thousands of engineers focusing on just a few core products.
