A Galaxy Z Fold 3 catches fire just before being sent in a package

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 for sending. He nevertheless specifies 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 refer to the dark affair of the Galaxy Note 7, whose battery had the unfortunate tendency to explode in the hands and pockets of their users. It must be said that, regularly, we 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 are spared the scourge.

This is probably what Chad Christian thought when he got the Galaxy Z Fold 3. What was his surprise when it started to 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 he 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 qualifies his remarks by specifying that the fire does not come from nowhere. Indeed, a few days ago, 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 short while ago. week or so “, he writes. “I’m sure he had integrity damage that caused this”.

The user even goes so far as to eliminate any comparison that comes instantly to mind by adding that he “Don’t think this is a Note 7 type problem”. Indeed, it should be noted that the Galazy Z Fold 3 is very waterproof. In addition, it resists relatively well to the many damage that it can be brought to undergo. However, we can only advise you to keep an eye on him if he falls violently to the ground.