[goin_nil]

Did you hear about the SGS3 that exploded/caught fire? It really happened, this is no joke, but not to worry. There is a picture here:


The guy admitted that someone was trying to dry the wet phone in a stupid way (likely a microwave).


Sad thing is that Samsung took care of him right away with a new, personally delivered phone for his stupid actions.

I wonder how Samsung will handle this. Pursue legal action? Leave as is, maybe get some good publicity?

[Roboticz]

I really hope that gets punished. He could have caused so much damage to Samsung... especially because the phone was just being launched when he came out with his "story".

[snork]

The best thing Samsung can do is what they have done, they gave him a new phone right away and then determined it was a fake. Pursuing legal action, however justified, isn't going to be helpful from a PR stance.

[Awake]

In my opinion it did not take an investigation to determine this guy was full of it. I knew it was a lie from the very beginning. I believe Samsung should make this guy write a public apology.

[GK3K]

Dumbass. He even removed the water indicator.

[beh]

The phone owner has in fact posted a retraction on the same forum he posted the fire story. Not really an apology but fully retracts post saying a friend got his phone wet and tried drying it out using a microwave oven.