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Are Samsung phone batteries really swelling up: Myth or Fact?

Since 2010, Arun Maini, also known as Mrwhosetheboss on YouTube, has collected every premium Samsung Galaxy gadget. These phones were only used once for a review before being used in comparing videos. Following that, they were safely stored with other phone manufacturers.

Here is the complete story behind it

It is true that Samsung Phone Batteries are swelling. Maini decided to document his collection of gadgets on video this summer. Among several other phones, Samsung Galaxy S6 (2015), Galaxy Note 8 (2017), and Galaxy S10 (2019) all reportedly had swelled batteries that have resulted in back covers popping open. Swelling up batteries on a phone is not safe as it can lead to unintentional fires and explosions.

Additional investigation found that the battery issue has affected many other Samsung phones besides Galaxy S6, Note 8, and S10.

It’s interesting to note that electronics from other manufacturers, like Apple, Google, Asus, and others, housed in environments with similar air and temperature levels, did not show any such results as Samsung did.

One user also commented on one of our YouTube videos about the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, the user said #samsung #S22ultra it’s the worst phone. Bought a new one and spoilt it in 7 days on its own. Buy it at your own risk as @samsung will tell you to repair the phone. Should have just bought a refurbished one instead.

The YouTuber is from the UK, and the country recently went through a terrible heatwave. Miani believes that the weather in the UK might be the reason behind it and that the problem seems to be exclusive to Samsung phones since the air temperature in the storage area where the review units were stored may have caused the lithium batteries in the phones to swell.

Conclusion

When Miani tweeted about the problem, Samsung quickly responded. The affected phones were collected and transported to their Euro QA Laboratory for additional inspection on August 1, 2022, the YouTuber claims. The Korean company still hasn’t given Miani a report, an explanation, or a follow-up regarding the handsets after more than 50 days.

The host of the popular YouTube channel “This Is”, Matt Ansini, who also experienced the same issue with his Samsung Galaxy S7, supported Maini’s findings on Twitter. According to him, every Samsung phone in his collection that was three years old or older had seen a similar demise.

By all this we think Samsung really needs to work on their battery part and the overall quality that it has always delivered.

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