Viral videos of Galaxy phones torching through plastic bags are racking up millions of views again. But before you start panicking about your Samsung, here’s what really happened.
A flash heat test was conducted on the Galaxy S25 Ultra. In the video posted by @CustomAdventurist, the camera flash’s brightness and heat output are pushed to their limits. As it does turn out, the camera is powerful compared to standard smartphone hardware.
It’s the case for almost every phone
The most infamous chapter of Samsung’s “hot” phones is the Galaxy Note 7 in 2016. Their flagship phablet was catching fire in people’s hands, on planes, and in homes due to a battery design flaw where the cells were too tightly packed. Hence, it caused internal short circuits.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a formal recall and airlines had to ban it from flights. Samsung had to kill the entire
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