Samsung has been having a really ‘explosive’ year and it just keeps getting worse and worse. Now, the company is again attracting criticism after a Pakistani Twitter user’s Galaxy Note 4 burst into flames while on charge.
Aftab Afridi, a software engineer from Islamabad according to his Twitter bio, put his Samsung Galaxy Note 4 on charge before he went to sleep. However, instead of waking Aftab with an Alarm like a normal phone, the Note jerked him awake with a loud blast.
https://twitter.com/AftabAfridiPTI/status/795229746800029696
Covered in smoke, he unplugged the charger from the electric board and threw his mobile away from the mattress. He also claims to have burnt his fingers in the process.
https://twitter.com/AftabAfridiPTI/status/795230022827200512
https://twitter.com/AftabAfridiPTI/status/795231095344300032
https://twitter.com/AftabAfridiPTI/status/795231351725326336
Below are the pictures that Aftab Afridi posted on Twitter:
Aftab claims to have tried to contact Samsung but got no response. In the end, he resorted to Twitter to vent out his frustration against the company.
Aftab Afridi tweeted his account of the burning Galaxy Note using the hashtag #SamsungRiskedAftabsLife and it seems to have quickly caught on, thanks to Aftab’s huge following on Twitter. Currently, it is the top trend on Twitter in Pakistan.
We have asked Samsung Pakistan about the incident and if they have to say anything about it, but a response is still awaited. We will update if and when we get any response from Samsung Pakistan.
Samsung is literally on fire this year, though in the wrong way. First, it was the fiasco with the Note 7 that kept them busy issuing recalls, and then last week, their washing machines started exploding too. All in all, it has been a really bad year for the South Korean tech giant.
UPDATE:
We have received the following response from Samsung:
We are unable to comment on this specific incident until we obtain and thoroughly examine the phone. Customer safety remains our highest priority and we want to work with any customer who has experienced an issue with a Samsung product in order to investigate the matter and support them.
Yaar topi drama to nahi chal raha ……….. note 7 kiya phata, ab sab ka kuch na kuch phat raha hai
LOL sab ka kuch na kuch phat raha hai
FAME!
Yes, it is a topi drama to get refund an old phone.
lol
original charger use kro tu kuch bhi nahi hota main khud samsung ka note 2, note3 and note 5 use kr chuka hn…
yes using this phone for a year no issues yet
Using note 2 from ages… nothing happened. Would still buy samsung.
Tis is actually getting serious day by day .. and most importantly after the debacle of the AMAZING Note 7 *batteries* …. Other brands are good but samsung have been The best. an all-rounder you can say .. cant think about propaganda But their washing machines are also exploding .. So after the Note 7, this note 4 battery explosion and other Washing Machine exlplosion(s) are putting lots of stains on the samsung Super reputation.
P.S. Be Safe
Yesterday my friend Galaxy S4 burned too.
Look at the battery and mattres and wall its all burned but not a single burnt on sticker where imei is or on backcover
Exploding issue was in note 7 but listening first time the same issue in note 4… I am afraid something is being played the game with company for aggravating its reputation…. Few days back the Samsung washing machine exploded, now the note 4 and for many days the note 7 are continuously exploding therefore some flights were banned on taking the note 7 while journey…. Something is wrong there…
Seems like some software or security update is causing some malfunction
WELL I WOULD SAY ITS A WRONG PRACTICE TO PUT IT ON CHARGING WHILE ASLEEP — OVER-CHARGING CREATES THAT KIND OF ACCIDENTS AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY PHONE — SO A WORD OF ADVICE TO ALL KIND OF CELL PHONE USERS ”’ WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND DONT LEAVE ANY CELL PHONE OR ANY ELECTRIC DEVICE WHICH REQUIRE CHARGING FOR A VERY LONG TIME ASSUMING THAT IT WILL TURN OFF BY ITSELF — EVEN IF IT DOES ITS NOT SAFE TO LEAVE THE APPLIANCES UNATTENDED FOR LONG TIME — WHENEVER THERE IS AN INDICATION OF ‘FULL’ UNPLUG AT ONCE ” — I HOPE ALL READERS AND OWNERS OF SUCH APPLIANCES WILL BE CAREFUL NEXT TIME — LET THIS BE A LESSON FOR ALL SUCH USERS — SAMSUNG WILL NOT RESPOND TO CARELESS USAGE
Hit that damn caps lock key once again please :/
Is ne charger kia mattress k andar lagaya huwa tha? Jahan per dewar main smoke stain hai wahan koi switch board nahi tou woh jaga kaisey burnt hoi? Publicity stunt lag raha hai yeh.
Seriously, I see only battery got on fire. Note doesn’t even got scratch or heat something. Seriously dude. It looks fake.
phelle pic ma back cover thek ha or memory card slot bhe thek ha dosri
pi ma body left or back cover right side jaalih ha jab k battery center
se explode hui ha or uska circuit cut k nikala ha…… fake ha
boss..
Fake publicity stunt
Drama lol
Trust everyone to make a big deal about this. The hashtag alone was pure attention seeking.
I wanna get famous on social media, better use a ‘2 number’ battery and charger on a smartphone made by a brand that’s known for making exploding phones.
His burnt phone however didn’t stop him from retweeting every single tweet on twitter. I scrolled for 3 whole minutes and I couldn’t find a tweet be posted earlier today. All I saw was the ‘1h ago’ time stamp on every single one of his tweets.
This guy needs to find a hobby or something.
ajeeb explosion hy.. pura phone safe hy.. siway battery k… i think it looks like a drama to get attention… :P
Lots of doubts.. First of all if it was like blast, why mobile from back was looking ok and undamaged? Might be happened because he overcharged.
“started a twitter trend which quickly caught on” what does it seems like? :)
That looks like he put a different battery in the note 4.so you can’t blame that on Samsung…..
He’s a software engineer, how do we know he didn’t set up something to make it explode. Perhaps he wanted to update to Note 8 at a discount. Besides the phone looks prestine without a scratch or burn on it. Looks like a fake setup for attention and money.
This is what we call bullshit.
It is fake. How is it possible that battery explosion has not broken back cover.
My note 3 battery exploded the same way when i tried to remove black plastic part on battery ?. I guess., i short circuit the +ive and -ive terminals doing so. So i think it is easy to replicate explosion. ?….
#AftabWantsAttention
Now this is obviously a propaganda.
Besides if these tactics result in lowering Samsung phone prices i will buy some high end Samsung phone immediately.
His entire phone and back cover is almost clean which means he separately shorted his battery to make it catch fire.
Note 7 was exploding due to the new batteries manufacturing company which had been recently setup. This exploding of Note 4 does not make sense. Also it would be years old phone now, so why it did not exploded earlier and had to explode now… after so many years.
Ohhh, one more thing, the wall and bed are blacked out but the back cover is too clean from inside and it did not even broken, something fishy here. It seems like a staged drama.
HAHA if THAT’S the only thing blowing up in that wasp nest they’re winning!
Do Number Battery Istemal Karney Ka Nateeja Lagta Ha
Fake news by fake blog!
fake
Pakistani topi drama yaqeenan ye N wala hai apni corruption chupanay ke liye phone jala diya. Koi sharam hoti hai koi haya hoti hai.
I think its fake and just for the sake of popularity. By watching these pics i can proove
You don’t put your phone in your bed while it’s charging. It will overheat and eventually explode. SMh
Back cover par koi nishan nahi para sab kaho kia baat hy
That s a fucking liar . Look at the imei sticker!!it doesn’t have a single scratch smh. Come on people stop ruining samsung reputation!!
Never put your phone on charging while going to sleep at night.
1st of all… note 7 bhi blast nai hota but just burn… mean koi blast ki awaz nai ati, it simply caught fire… 2nd jab 2 no battery use kro gay to yea to ho ga bcoz no 1 recommend u to charge ur cell whole night…
3rd i am ifon user never use android so dont thing em a note 4 fan boy…
sasti awam sasti baten…
Too much Funkaari..
Battery exploded but didn’t hurt the back case and housing..
I am wondered, the whole battery bursted and sticker on battery housing is safe, how strange.
Khani mein dum nahin.
iphone 5c also gets fire if battery get damaged by falling on ground check on youtube…
ghar me net kia lag gaya ab doosri cheezain dekh dekh ker apnay phone ko bhe urany ki kosish
yeh litihum battery wagera sab phat thi hain bus orginal charger mostly use karo or raat ko sotay waqt mobile charge na karo, mana ke note 7 me company se fault aya lekin yeh toh drama hai….
Another DramaKing. No Burn mark on back cover and inner panel of phone.
My note 4 blast na ho jaye ..really this scared me
topi drama nai hai note 7 battery blastable hai .baqi kisi note main issue nai tha
only note 7 got this issue becuase of high capcity and faster charging
This looks so fake.cheap stunt to get publicity
Exploding batteries make a mess. The pictures of his phone are far too clean to be believable, especially given the condition of the battery. I’m quite tempted to call bull$hit on this one.