Originally posted by Qliphah:

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Originally posted by Morreale:

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Dude probably had the battery in a pocket full of change.

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I was going to comment on how in the world it could have done that not even in the phone but after your comment... that probably explains it. if so totally his fault not Samsungs.

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I was thinking the same thing but didn't write it because its just speculation. Even if the battery was somehow crushed in his pocket that could contribute to it.

Not all L-Ion batteries are the same. People forget they don't just power phones and tablets, they power electric cars too, and the batteries in electric cars are much safer even than the batteries in phones (and we see maybe a handful of cases where batteries have exploded every year, out of the billions of batteries used).

I read this yesterday from Elon Musk (Telsa, SpaceX) about the problem with the batteries used on the Dreamliner...

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic...-unsafe-381627/