OnePlus Explodes

[zipred]

Like we've read about with other brands, the OnePlus has officially joined the club of exploding phones.


OnePlus One owner reports spontaneous combustion of his phone, leg burns | 9to5Google

 

[CafeKampuchia]

I think most of these fires come down to lithium ion batteries, not really the device itself.

 

[zipred]

I think most of these fires come down to lithium ion batteries, not really the device itself.

Yes, you're correct.

Sony issued a recall of laptop batteries a few years ago as did Lenovo since a good percentage of their T Series ThinkPads use Sony batteries. And that's just one example. Other battery manufacturers have experienced similar situations with Li-Ion batteries.

 

[confed]

I can't get that article to load but what I read on a different site said they were replacing the phone and sending employees to personally get the defective phone. They were also covering medical costs, jeans and a new case I believe.

 

[KOLIO]

I can't get that article to load but what I read on a different site said they were replacing the phone and sending employees to personally get the defective phone. They were also covering medical costs, jeans and a new case I believe.

If you're logged-in to the OnePlus forums,you can access the actual thread to the OP who had the defective phone:

OnePlus One explodes in owner's pants, leaves burns

Just click on the OnePlus link @ the end of the article @ it'll take you to it.