A day before the Samsung Galaxy S3 debut in the U.S, a Dubliner posted high-definition pictures of a burnt Samsung Galaxy S3 claiming it not only suddenly went on fire but ended up popping with a "bang" sound.
Samsung on the other hand has announced it would look into the incident by means of an investigation and posted on its blog that it would provide further details on the situation. Here is the company's complete post:
There have been recent online posts displaying pictures of a Samsung GALAXY SIII that appears to have heat-related damage at the bottom of the device. Samsung is aware of this issue and will begin investigating as soon as we receive the specific product in question.
Once the investigation is complete, we will be able to provide further details on the situation. We are committed to providing our customers with the safest products possible and are looking at this seriously.
According to the information provided by the online forum, the blogger "dillo2k10" who posted the photos is a registered user since January 2010. He has had more than 1,303 posts so far and does look like a legit user based on his profile page.
dillo2k10 states that after the phone went burning the device continued to work but without any signal. He then returned the phone and was ultimately contacted by Samsung's head customer service representative who gave him a replacement phone and told him he would also be getting free stuff as well.
As suspicious as it may sound, the Latinos Post leaves it up to the readers to judge what the pictures do represent. Pictures are found on the following link: click here.
In the U.S., excitement for the Samsung Galaxy S3 release continues on strong and so far no story, other than the delivery delay announcements from carriers, have conceivably spoiled the device's debut day, including this 'burned up' incident.
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