The New Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Exploding Smart Phone [Greg Laden's Blog]

Not many of them, but so far at least 35. Here’s what it looks like after the fact:

As you may know, I’m not a big fan of Samsung smart phones. The version of the operating system they put on your phone takes a HUGE AMOUNT of your storage space, so you are left with almost nothing. There is no apparent reason for that, and no apparent fix. So, generally, I would NEVER recommend a Samsung smartphone. Also, the company does not stand by their product, at least in some cases. We had to return a Samsung smart phone numerous times, and after realizing that ALL the replacements they were sending us were reconditioned (and broken) begged for a different model. They told us to screw off.

So, for me, this is a bit of schadenfreude vis-a-vis Samsung, but I feel badly for the people who ended up with the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones.

Here is more info on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones that catch fire, and what to do about returning yours to Samsung for a replacement. Don’t expect them to actually replace the phone with one that doesn’t catch fire. They might, but I personally wouldn’t count on it.