Not again... Note 9 Fire Alleged in Lawsuit

[jgraves1107]

Do you have a case? I am sure it warmed up in those conditions -- any phone would TBH.

Yes I have a clear otterbox commuter case. Heat was minimal at best. All in all I have been extremely impressed with it

 

[Almeuit]

Yes I have a clear otterbox commuter case. Heat was minimal at best. All in all I have been extremely impressed with it

Well I was just clarifying for the thread. There is a difference in thinking it is minimal and saying no heat after the conditions you described -- sounded unrealistic .

 

[Gary02468]

Seriously? If her phone got hot in an elevator, she shouldn't have put it in her purse? What else should she have done with it? Was she supposed to anticipate that it was about to catch fire?

Phones are designed to be kept in bags, pockets, etc. Or on car dashboards in direct sunlight for hours, etc.

It's one thing to say (correctly) that we don't yet know for sure what happened. It's another to make up preposterous, victim-blaming criticisms just because you like the product and hope it's not defective.

Unless someone drives a nail through the phone, runs over it with a car, or inflicts similar abuse, it's Samsung's fault if it catches fire.

 

[felloffthetruck]

Also, correction to post above saying one first reports/video of a Note 7 on fire was in a McDonald’s in South Korea... my bad... it was a Burger King in South Korea.

https://youtu.be/4GJXZVh8ItU

Do they really use heavy duty gloves like that at Burger King to cook your Whopper?

 

[lizette1222]

Do they really use heavy duty gloves like that at Burger King to cook your Whopper?

 

[jgraves1107]

Well I was just clarifying for the thread. There is a difference in thinking it is minimal and saying no heat after the conditions you described -- sounded unrealistic .

No I mean literally could not tell if there was any extra heat at all. That's what was so shocking. Now the iPhone X overheated just doing nothing on my side.

 

[Almeuit]

No I mean literally could not tell if there was any extra heat at all. That's what was so shocking. Now the iPhone X overheated just doing nothing on my side.

I guess if you say so. I simply can't believe it because I have yet to see a phone be able to game + sit in direct 105 degree sunlight and not warm up at all.

 

[CKwik240]

Yes I have a clear otterbox commuter case. Heat was minimal at best. All in all I have been extremely impressed with it

That could give the impression that there is less great. What your hands feel is also a function of heat energy transfer. A plastic is not going to transfer heat as quickly as a metal. It's why you don't drink hot coffee out of a metal cup. The different materials can be at the exact same temperature, but the metal will feel hotter because your hands can't dissapate the faster heat transfer rate from the metal so more heat builds up locally in your hand; so your nerves actually feel a higher temperature. That said, it's likely your phone internals will prefer running without case at all as most cases are likely to make it harder for the phone to reject heat.

 

[Morty2264]

Oh come on now! 105 degrees playing pokemon go out in the direct sun Saturday! My N9 never slowed down or got hot. Damaged device is more likely her issue.

That's a good way to measure your phone temperature! LOOL. Glad it is as cool as a cucumber for you! Pokémon Go made my LG G3 warm. It took up a lot of juice.

 

[Blues Fan]

Do they really use heavy duty gloves like that at Burger King to cook your Whopper?

Also, it looks really clean compared to most fast food places over here.

I wonder if North Korea has any Note devices. Photos show Kim Jong Un and his sister always using HTC phones. I understand the government members have their own special 4g lte network just for the big wigs and military. I bet it's really fast with hardly anyone being able to use it.

 

[chyeo1979]

It makes me wonder when the lawsuit is filed almost before the incident occurs - looks like a "quick payday" event to me, especially the part about someone quickly put it into a bucket of water (in an office complex - hmmmm).

Yeah, it's amazing a lawsuit was already filed and she wanted Samsung to stop selling when we first heard of the incident.

 

[Itsa_Me_Mario]

Yeah, it's amazing a lawsuit was already filed and she wanted Samsung to stop selling when we first heard of the incident.

Incident was two weeks ago, suit was filed 5 days later. It hit the need a week after that.

 

[Dooki]

That's a good way to measure your phone temperature! LOOL. Glad it is as cool as a cucumber for you! Pokémon Go made my LG G3 warm. It took up a lot of juice.

The G3 was a super heater. No matter the rom or what I ran on it it just got HOT. Both of them did that. I would put it in the freezer and it would fly when it chilled out. My note 8 barely gets warm when doing a marathon game. I loved the ergonomics of that phone, g3 electric blue, probably the most comfortable I ever used and it never caught on fire. felt like it though.

 

[Blues Fan]

Yeah, it's amazing a lawsuit was already filed and she wanted Samsung to stop selling when we first heard of the incident.

I find it amazing that a suit was filed within days. So the lawyer was able to get a lab to look at it, get all the witnesses, and get her statements all in order and then quickly get it filed.

 

[Mike Dee]

I find it amazing that a suit was filed within days. So the lawyer was able to get a lab to look at it, get all the witnesses, and get her statements all in order and then quickly get it filed.

You can file a suit anytime and without everything being in order.

 

[Itsa_Me_Mario]

You can file a suit anytime and without everything being in order.

That and .. the witnesses are right there, it's her neighbors.

 

[Blues Fan]

You can file a suit anytime and without everything being in order.

My dad filed suit before for an injury at a dept store. We met days after the injury but it still took more than a couple days to properly get it all together and then file it.

 

[Mike Dee]

My dad filed suit before for an injury at a dept store. We met days after the injury but it still took more than a couple days to properly get it all together and then file it.

Could be different for personal injury suits...I'm not sure. I have a friend who is a personal injury lawyer but I'm not about to call and ask him about something like this. In any event I'm assuming at some point we will here the outcome.

 

[Blues Fan]

Could be different for personal injury suits...I'm not sure. I have a friend who is a personal injury lawyer but I'm not about to call and ask him about something like this. In any event I'm assuming at some point we will here the outcome.

I wonder how much she's suing for as well. What is the law in New York regarding what the amount has to be to get to a trial or small claims court? Just gives an idea how much she's asking for then. If she wasn't seriously injured and only her phone was destroyed and stuff in her purse like wallet and makeup were destroyed, suing for like 50k would be simply obscene and another example of lawsuit abuse. I can see a couple grand for her damages, phone is replaced under warranty and for her destroyed purse but that's it.

 

[Mike Dee]

I wonder how much she's suing for as well. What is the law in New York regarding what the amount has to be to get to a trial or small claims court? Just gives an idea how much she's asking for then. If she wasn't seriously injured and only her phone was destroyed and stuff in her purse like wallet and makeup were destroyed, suing for like 50k would be simply obscene and another example of lawsuit abuse. I can see a couple grand for her damages, phone is replaced under warranty and for her destroyed purse but that's it.

Small claims in NY is 5000 last I heard.