Risk of Fire for Samsung Galaxy Note 7

A fully charged Galaxy Note 7 smartphone contains a wallop of stored energy. Penetrate one with an ice pick and you'll instantly create a deadly fire. Modern Lithium batteries have several times the energy density of regular lead acid batteries you find under the hood of your car, so you need to treat them with care and respect.

Most phones are very safe and will not explode without reason, like sitting on them in your back pocket or using the ice pick method above.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is one notable and recent exception. If you've been avoiding the news lately, you may not know that these phones have become newsworthy in the past few weeks for exploding without warning.

If you have a Note 7, stop using it immediately and exchange it for a different model.

Samsung is currently in a firestorm of trouble surrounding these phones, and you may have some difficulty exchanging it until everyone gets the message that these phones are a serious public safety problem.
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