Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco: Safe phone explodes in China

Since the issue started surfacing, ATL assumed responsibility for most batteries found inside the replacement devices – also marked as safe. With this explosion, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 replacement could see some serious hit until further investigation.

A Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owner in China going by the name Hui Renjie says his newly purchased Note 7 hasx exploded while charging. While details of explosion are scant, he claims to have purchased the device from JD.com. According to Bloomberg, Hui Renjie had minor injories to two of his fingers and his MacBook got burnt in the process.

Bloomberg reports Samsung representative visited Hui but he declined to return the device.

“We are currently contacting the customer and will conduct a thorough examination of the device in question once we receive it,” Samsung has confirmed in an email statement to Bloomberg. Earlier, a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had exploded in China and the cause was found to be external heat.  CNN has acquired pictures of exploded Galaxy Note 7 and receipt of purchase.

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The packaging indicated a black marking suggesting the device is safe. We have reached out to Samsung for further comment regarding this explosion and future of replacement Note 7 devices.