Fatal battery issues continue to plague Samsung devices as recent as the Galaxy Z Fold2 and Galaxy S20 FE

[Redaktion]

YouTuber Arun Maini aka MrWhoseTheBoss discovered that several of his Samsung phones had their batteries bloated. Other creators such as MKBHD and JerryRigEverything also reported similar problems with their old Samsung devices.


https://www.notebookcheck.net/Fatal-battery-issues-continue-to-plague-Samsung-devices-as-recent-as-the-Galaxy-Z-Fold2-and-Galaxy-S20-FE.658123.0.html

[Yossi]

IDK maybe don't store a phone that have discharged?
Either charge it to 60% every few months or just use it.
This seems like purely a techtuber problem.

[KCIJSeries]

It could be just a techtuber problem but then how does that explain all Arun's other phones that have never had this issue? Only Samsung.

[Just a user]

IDK maybe don't store a phone that have discharged?
Either charge it to 60% every few months or just use it.
This seems like purely a techtuber problem.

Are you serious? So many people have old phone laying around. Do you think anyone picks them up and are like "oh Im gonna charge this one so it doesn't blow up". This is a huge problem and Samsung must address it.

[Helium007]

This is actually not a Samsung flaw, but FLAW OF BATTERIES IN GENERAL FOR YEARS!

I am doing a device repairs for 15 years and i can tell you that literally ALL electronic devices with "pouch type Li-Ion/Li-Polymer" batteries suffer from this so called, shocking sound "fatal issue". I would only call it an another way how to make a cool video to get views and attention.

Its actually a normal thing that battery, especially when laying for a long period with already worn chemistry does this. I saw this several times also in old HTC, Asus, Apple even Nokia 33xx/34xx non-smartphones and many many brands. I dont think I saw any brand that actually didnt have this issue.

Pouch cells dont have a safety vent to prevent this to happen (unlike metal can types like 18650). Its also reason why these cells are not much used in industrial and other high-rel devices.

This known problem just goes worse and comes earlier for the smartphones because ther batteries have high density cells that are actually tortured by extreme heats and lot of cycling (remember the chemistry degrades faster above 40C and is still limited to 300-500 cycles). Not to mention the trend of all those insane Fast Charging. Like charging phone by 60W? Charging by these currents are multipliying these torturing conditions already present in smartphones. I disable Fast Charge on all phones I had (thank you Samsung for giving option to disable that), and my phone batteries last much more than my friends with same models.
Thanks god, that Samsung is not following this trend yet...

[Joel Wise]

I can attest to the other commenter. This is a battery problem in general. I own a phone repair store and we see this just as often on iphones as the do Samsungs. You are unfairly attacking Samsung.

[teflonagent]

Samsung PR team is working overtime it seems

[Julie]

IDK maybe don't store a phone that have discharged?
Either charge it to 60% every few months or just use it.
This seems like purely a techtuber problem.

Are you serious? So many people have old phone laying around. Do you think anyone picks them up and are like "oh Im gonna charge this one so it doesn't blow up". This is a huge problem and Samsung must address it.