Samsung phone catches fire under teen girl’s pillow
DALLAS — A 13-year-old Texas girl was recently awoken by a smoldering Samsung cell phone under her pillow, according to a report from KDFW.
Ariel Tolfree told KDFW she placed her Samsung Galaxy S4 under her pillow as she fell asleep. Later that night, she smelled something burning.
“I didn’t think much of it, so I went back to sleep and then I woke up again and it was more prominent,” Tolfree said.
Tolfree’s dad believes the phone overheated, causing the battery to swell and ignite a small fire.
A spokesperson for Samsung told KDFW the battery inside the phone was a replacement unit and not an original Samsung battery.
Samsung said they take any instance of a battery fire “very seriously” and requested for the phone to be mailed to them for a full investigation. The company has offered to replace the phone, the bedding, the mattress and pillow.
A different report of the SAME type of phone catching fire here
Um what does plastic have to do with this? The iPhone 5Cheap is made of plastic, and iPhones have also caught fire
Plastic traps heat in more than aluminum or other metals and is obviously more flammable, and when did I say Apple doesn't use plastic? That's your own fault if you buy a 5c
And besides, wasn't it an iPad air that caught fire as well in a live demonstration of the product?
You Apple fans always do the absolute most. Never in my dreams would I use a replacement battery that wasn't SAMSUNG branded and put my phone under a pillow. That's crazy. Even if you did that to an iPhone, the lithium battery would catch fire if is wasn't the original battery. It's Lithium, it's not branded after Apple of Samsung.
Plastic traps heat in more than aluminum or other metals and is obviously more flammable, and when did I say Apple doesn't use plastic? That's your own fault if you buy a 5c
the innards of every phone is plastic. If it was aluminum you'd never be able to make any calls.
