- A Samsung Galaxy S7 exploded after heating up in a young mother’s hands
- The phone was smoldering before it exploded with sparks and puffs of smoke
- Queensland mother is thankful her son wasn’t playing with the phone at the time
- Samsung Galaxy S7 is not on the recall list in Australia but the S7 Note is
A second-hand Samsung Galaxy S7 has heated up in a woman’s hands before exploding on Wednesday afternoon – her one-year-old son escaped injury.
Mother, Yani Barwick from Beenleigh, South-East Queensland is thankful that her son Jackai, one, was not playing with her phone at the time.
The phone began smoldering before she threw it into the yard as it exploded with puffs of grey smoke and sparks.
A second-hand Samsung Galaxy S7 has heated up in a woman’s hands before exploding on Wednesday afternoon – her one-year-old son escaped injury
‘If it happened to my son, it would be a completely different story. We would probably be in hospital right now with him,’ she told 9News.
The phone was purchased from a friend of Ms Barwick and was believed to be free from any defects.
Her Samsung Galazy S7 is one of many that has exploded in recent years.
The phone began smoldering before she threw it into the yard as it exploded with puffs of grey smoke and sparks
The Galaxy S7 model is not on the Product Safety Australia recall list but the Samsung Galaxy S7 Note is.
In 2016, sales of the S7 Note were suspended and recalled globally due to faulty batteries.
Ms Barwick is not currently seeking any compensation for the incident, simply wanted to warn others about the potential danger.
Another man also took to social media this year to warn followers his friend’s phone exploded.
‘My colleague’s Samsung Galaxy S7 just exploded on his table. Those whatsapp messages our mothers’ have been sending us are true, guys,’ he said.
The Galaxy S7 model is not on the Product Safety Australia recall list but the Samsung Galaxy S7 Note is
A Samsung Electronic Australia spokesperson said: ‘Product quality and customer safety are our top priorities’.
‘We are aware of this issue and eager to conduct a full investigation of this matter.’
Electronic repairers advise to seek genuine parts from good quality phone repairers to avoid explosions like this one.
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