The world's largest maker of Android phones hopes to change the conversation
from exploding batteries by introducing a new virtual assistant named Bixby
Not exact matches
@Zaid, Richard Martin is explaining, through his experience, that the negative croc clip should be connected last - well away
from the
battery on a good earth point to the chassis / engine and HE is correct... I have had to help a colleague who had a
battery explode on him and 3 cars covered in acid... So, my point is that he has give a correct answer, not just views...
With the increasing adoption of mobile devices, which range
from consumer electronics such as smart watches and fitness trackers to health monitors and other sensors, comes an increase in the need for better mobile power supplies, and although
battery technology is improving (other than, you know, those
exploding batteries), it seems equally important to continue to develop other methods of harvesting energy for mobile devices, such as this hybrid power textile.
And that's why e-cigarette manufacturers are facing dozens of personal injury lawsuits around the country
from people who were injured by their
exploding lithium - ion
batteries.
A Denver man was seriously injured when flames and
battery acid
from an
exploding e-cigarette burned his leg.
It's easy to point the finger and laugh at Samsung, especially since their $ 2 billion fiasco comes on the heels of Apple's big launch, but
exploding batteries are a result of us needing / wanting more juice
from our phones and Samsung tried to deliver.
But the Note 6 never existed (Samsung skipped that number when jumping to the Note 7), and despite multiple unsuccessful attempts to fix its
exploding batteries, the Note 7 was killed and pulled
from stores last year, which left a gaping 5.7 - inch hole atop Samsung's phone lineup.
A women named Wu (
from Taiwan) claimed that she bought the iPhone 8 Plus 64 GB and on the third day while charging the handset
exploded, not really an explosion, no flames but the screen got pushed out by the inflating
battery.
Samsung notoriously struggled with
exploding batteries on its Galaxy Note 7, but it learned
from its mistakes, and the Galaxy S8 should be safe to use without fire hazards.
The problem stems
from faulty
battery cells, which were overheating and in some cases catching fire or
exploding.
A newly released video
from YouTubers Lincoln and Daniel Markham of the «What's Inside» channel appears to show that Samsung's latest
battery tech, found inside the company's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +, can take some serious abuse and still not catch on fire or
explode.