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Exploding batteries in the Galaxy Note 7 are now well-known. But did you know that they are now having problems with exploding washing machines? Perhaps quality control at the company needs some work
I'm wondering how many Samsung customers will defect? The whole iOS vs Android thing seems like a religious issue so I highly doubt Samsung customers will defect to Apple. Maybe LG or one of the new Chinese phones.
Looks as if it's a rather different problem. For the phones it's a case of thermal runaway (and you have to realise the enery density of batteries is approaching that of TNT). The other is mechanical instability (not an explosion as such) in what is effectively a high-speed centrifuge (or flywheel), and maybe not issue here in UK where we haven't had top-loading machines since about the 1960s.
