The Samsung Galaxy Note 7

[adrianfernandez]

Gives “Arming the Nugget” a whole new meaning

[TheGamerMonkeyz]

I remember they literally sent out a box, inside another box, inside a final flameproof box – and a pair of gloves for handling the phone when the recalls happened. It was insane😂

[DrAnimePhD]

DankPod’s gone from screwing around with old iPods to screwing around with bombs.

[Justinian]

This phone was one of the greatest Samsung phones ever made, it was so well designed too. Shame about the battery hazard happening

[DINYUS]

Had a Note 3, Note 4, and Note 8. Really wish they still made them with removable batts, headphone jacks, and microSD slots; it's a "phablet", you've got the space!

[Bijoux_DerWunderCatsen]

You can walk with a true swagger, knowing you've got an IED wrapped in a cute kitten phone case in your pocket.

[mazda]

3:30 I remember taking a trip that involved 4 different airports and 8 different planes back in late 2016, and the amount of signage/messages about the Galaxy Note 7 being banned from use on any and *all* airplanes was insane. What a crazy time to be alive.

[Meban]

When the Note 7 was released it was by far the greatest phone to ever come out at that moment, tech reviewers all agreed it was the bomb.

[That_Dingus]

I'm glad you're still shooting jabs at modern phones not having headphone jacks. That makes me happy.
That's one grudge I'll never let go of.

[diluted]

I worked at a cellular provider when this happened, but luckily ended up on paternity leave during this whole debacle and didn’t have to deal with the headache of the recall 😅

[LosDefinit]

I worked at TMobile when this phone came out. Dealing with the recalls was insane. Each one had to be put in a special bag and specially picked up and the amount of customers that were upset and wanted to keep it anyway was even more surprising. After the second wave they forced updates to all the phones to limit performance so they’d HAVE to bring it in.

[TheBorhork]

I used to sell phones during this era. My Samsung rep came in the store, so me being a smart ass asked her how it felt being in the grenade business. She slammed her hand down on the counter and loudly and firmly said “they are incendiary devices”.

[rowlit]

I literally remember seeing the first recall signs at costco, the signs saying they were "fixed" and then another sign after saying that there getting recalled again. Good times.

[zeph_os]

I've witnessed li-po batteries go up in smoke and flames at combat robotics events, and it's already a hell of an event. I can only imagine the terror of a similar event going off in your pocket or your hand. It's amazing to see relics like these still out and about

[j-bird]

I had one of these before. Back then, I kept my phone charging in the living room instead of in my bedroom to keep myself from goofing off on it when I should be sleeping. I woke up one morning and found that the battery had expanded like a balloon and melted the case of the phone.

[mjc]

I remember this, mostly because I had just bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 right before this story broke. So I had a little panic as I had to double check what model I had bought to make sure I didn't have the fire hazard, and then had to explain that to friends and family who were like "oh no you have a Samsung that's not the one that catches fire is it?"

[kyleholloway]

I've had a big lithium battery go off on me and it was insane. Was actually bloody terrifying.

[Fwks]

It was so good, one might say it was the bomb.

[lreismann]

"Yea this is the real fire phone ... Amazon" had me rolling lmao

[project-gladiator]

When you said that it was getting warm, I felt a shiver down my spine.