User Chad Christian posted a video on Twitter of his Galaxy Z Fold 3 spitting smoke out of its battery. He explains that it suddenly caught fire while he was about to put the smartphone in a package to ship it. He did, however, specify that the phone fell from his bike ten days before the incident.
It sounds like an old joke, but it isn’t. It is easy to recall the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, whose battery had the unfortunate tendency to explode in the hands and pockets of its users. It must be said that we regularly hear about a Samsung smartphone suddenly catching fire, as was recently the case in a plane on the ground. Despite everything, one might think that, years later, recent or at least high-end models would be spared the scourge.
This is probably what Chad Christian thought when he got the Galaxy Z Fold 3. Imagine his surprise when it started to spit out thick smoke. “The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 exploded when I was getting ready to pack it”, he explains. “I had to throw it in the garage. There was certainly damage to integrity. Can you imagine if it had done this during transport?” Indeed, the smartphone would probably have ignited the box in which it would have been, at the same time as all the other products by its side.
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Galaxy Z Fold 3 suffers damage and catches fire a few days later
However, Chad Christian clarified his remarks, noting that the fire did not come out of nowhere. Indeed, a few days ago, his Galaxy Z Fold 3 fell off a bike. “For information, this phone (which I just brought back from a Samsung repair center where I was told to mail it in for replacement) fell off my bike a week or so ago,” he writes. “I’m sure it had integrity damage that caused this”.
The user even goes so far as to dismiss any comparison that comes instantly to mind by adding that he “doesn’t think this is a Note 7 type problem”. Indeed, it should be noted that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 is very waterproof. In addition, it holds up relatively well to the damage it can sustain. However, we can only advise you to keep an eye on it if it falls violently to the ground.