A mother has been left terrified and shaken after a charging Samsung phone exploded beside her sleeping toddler.
Lucy Pinder, 28, was sleeping beside her three-year-old son Joseph when the pair heard a loud bang. She immediately assumed the house was being robbed, until she discovered the smoking Samsung Galaxy S6.
“I woke up to a massive bang and the room was filled with thick smoke,” Pinder told The Sun.
“Joseph was screaming and the smell of burning was unreal.”
The phone, which had burst into flames without warning, left char marks on the mattress and carpet.
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“We were so shaken up. If the phone had been charging under my pillow instead of on the floor, we would have been seriously burned.
“Now I’m terrified of leaving my phone on charge overnight.”
Ms. Pinder has since returned the faulty phone to Samsung, who were unable to determine the cause of the explosion.
A spokesperson said they have not identified any faults with the Galaxy S6 model, despite the incident.
Samsung replaced Ms. Pinder’s phone, and will also cover the cost of the damage to her home.
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This is what happens when you don't read the operation manual. You are not supposed to leave you phone plugged into the charger once it reaches 100% battery power. Leaving it plugged in not only shortens the life of the battery but it can cause incidents like this. I only charge my phone during the day, if it must be charged at night I check it when I inevitably wake up in the middle of the night and then unplug it. The average phone takes only about an hour to two hours max to charge. Plus you need to be careful what kind of case you put on it, make sure it allows the devices to get air circulation so that it doesn't overheat. The manual also warns against sleeping with phones in your bed as they are a fire risk... You wouldn't sleep with your computer or laptop in the bed would you? Then why sleep with your phone in the bed, it's the same technology only smaller.
Once upon a time people were concerned with the radiation emitted by mobile phones to the point of putting special radiation guards on them. Now they're charging them on the bed next to where they sleep?