Until the official report comes out, the title should be more like, "RUMORED investigation results".
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Since it only happened to about one out of 40,000 units, they could've done testing with a thousand units for weeks and never had it happen.
Sometimes errors don't become apparent until millions are in actual use. Apple's device problems are prime examples.
Could have been, but plenty of phones have burst into flames in a passenger cabin... including iPhones... with nothing worse happening than a precautionary landing because of smoke.
If an iPhone/iPad fire was the cause of the EgyptAir crash, then the perfume bottles were undoubtedly a major factor in making the fire into a more deadly incident than it should've been.
Official Apple chargers for their other products have been recalled by the millions, so I wouldn't be so quick to always blame third party chargers.
As for proper ventilation (and I would add, putting a phone in your back pocket and sitting on it!!), I agree that for all devices that's probably a major cause of fires. Especially for devices which might have a lot of new phablet users, such as with the Note 7 and iPhone 6.
Besides that click bait story, there's no evidence it was rushed. In fact, it came out about the same time of year as the Note 5 had.
Speaking of Chinese officials, don't forget that the government run TV in China sent some Note 7 users on a paid tour, to give speeches about how people should buy Chinese made phones instead. No ulterior motive there.
Of course, China is pushing back against other foreign phones as well. For instance, just last month the
Chinese government dismissed Apple’s attempts to downplay their own battery shutdown problem, and attacked them for failing to “meet basic consumer needs for normal wireless communication.”
