back buttons smart design for dissipating heat??

[Ryaan Johnson]

Think the problems with Samsung overheating might be from people putting cases on the phones? Thus they cannot dissipate the heat? V10 the back buttons were a really good idea because no matter the case the buttons are still exposed and able to get rid of the heat.

 

[kramer5150]

IMHO until Sammy completes their root cause investigation ANYTHING involving thermal cycling, heat dissipation, thermal cooling and charge/discharge cycling is fair game. They just don't know at this point. Logically it makes sense that anything that entraps and encloses heat can't help the situation.

Its a real problem to root cause because its a test to incendiary failure. So when a Lithium battery fails... it burns any source of data and evidence in the process. I think what they will have to do is charge cycle and thermal cycle a lot of phones and induce fire/flame and then immediately extinguish it so there's actual failed material to root cause.

I wonder if they are trying to cram too much amp-hour energy density into too small and flat of a battery shape? I guess when were talking about electrons, cathode and anode sheets a fraction of a mm is all it takes.

 

[kixfan]

I remember reading a news story on one site that quoted an "unnamed Samsung employee" stating the issue wasn't with the batteries but the relay(?) that tells the battery to stop accepting a charge when at 100%. That story mysteriously disappeared right after it was posted so it may or may not be true. If the batteries were indeed overcharged then I guess it could be true. Guess anything is just speculation until the "official" investigation is conducted although Samsung may never make the results public depending on the outcome. Guess we just wait and see.