The batteries on Samsung smartphones are swelling and exploding

The Galaxy Note 7 was perhaps the most infamous example of a smartphone battery failure.

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The Samsung galaxy note 7 phones were recalled because of battery problems.

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They assure customers that this will not happen again with future models.

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MrWhoseThe Boss is not one to shy away from a challenge, and he recently noticed something about his Samsung smartphones that concerned him.

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The YouTuber Arun told his fans that some old Samsung phones, including Galaxy S7, Note 8, and S10 5G, had blown up, which caused quite a stir.

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The affected phones included the Galaxy Z Fold 2, S20 FE, and others.

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The YouTuber's other phones in his collection also seem to be okay, suggesting that only Samsung models batteries exploded.

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When MrWhoseTheBoss tested them, he only used the Samsung phones for review purposes.

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Furthermore, The YouTuber noticed that none of his collection's iPhones, Asus phones, or Google devices experienced similar battery accidents.

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It seems that the battery swelling issues only affect Samsung phones.

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Mr. who'sTheBoss confirmed this after talking with other popular YouTube creators like Marques Brownlee and JerryRigEverything.

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After reporting his findings to Samsung, Maini tried reaching out multiple times but would only get a "we will get back with new updates" response from them.

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Samsung has not made any official statement on this issue yet.