'Exploding' Samsung Galaxy S3 was deliberately placed in microwave and was not faulty says official investigation

Remember our earlier story about how the Samsung Galaxy S3 actually had some heat related issues? It seems that an external energy source has been touted to be the main cause for the Galaxy S3 which did seem to have suffered from heat-related damage. Samsung hired Fire Investigations UK (FIUKSamsun), who is an independent third-party organization, in order to find out the real cause of the damage which happened to the Galaxy S3 which was apparently affected by heat. The damaged device was examined as well as exposed to a range of tests, where the investigation summary points out that ?the energy source responsible for generating the heat has been determined as external to the device? in addition to ?the device was not responsible for the cause of the fire.? Not only that, the investigation results point out that “the only way it was possible to produce damage similar to the damage recorded within the owner’s damaged device was to place the devices or component parts within a domestic microw

'Exploding' Samsung Galaxy S3 was deliberately placed in microwave and was not faulty says official investigation

Samsung have said that the Galazy S3 smartphone which apparently 'exploded' was in fact displaying signs of microwave oven damage and had been deliberately heated till it burst into flames.

Mon 9 Jul 12 from Daily Mail

Samsung Galaxy S3 heat related damage touted to be a sham

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Mon 9 Jul 12 from Ubergizmo

External device causes smart phone fire: Samsung cites report

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Sun 8 Jul 12 from Reuters Technology

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Exploding Galaxy S III mystery solved, was likely microwaved

Late last month a Galaxy S III owner in Ireland posted complaints that his new phone had burst into flames spontaneously, complete with images of the phone's charred case. ...

Sat 7 Jul 12 from The Verge

Samsung finds exploding Galaxy S III was due to 'external source', owner says it was a 'mistake'

Remember that melted Samsung Galaxy S III that surfaced in an Irish forum a few weeks ago? Samsung said they were looking into it and, along with a third party investigation, have decided ...

Fri 6 Jul 12 from Engadget

'Exploding' Samsung Galaxy S3 may have been microwaved

A couple of weeks ago, the owner of a Samsung Galaxy S3 got all hot and bothered after claiming his new Samsung Galaxy S3 had spontaneously combusted.The user had posted on an Irish web forum ...

Sat 7 Jul 12 from Techradar

Exploding Galaxy S III Phone Revealed As A Hoax

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A Galaxy S III smartphone that allegedly exploded while charging in a customer's car showed signs of microwave oven damage and had apparently ...

Sun 8 Jul 12 from RedOrbit

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