According to ctv news Canada, a Winnipeg man is demanding answers from Samsung after he says his Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone exploded in his hand, sending him to hospital.
Amarjit Mann, 34, says he was driving on Sunday morning, when he felt his Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone getting warm in his pocket.
When he pulled over and took the phone out, Mann says it exploded, causing second-degree burns on his hands and third-degree burns on his wrists.
“This is a nightmare for me, I’ve never seen anything like this,” Mann told CTV Winnipeg, explaining that he feels lucky he wasn’t holding the phone to his ear when it happened.
“I should’ve lost my eyes, or my cheeks or anything could have happened,” he said.
Mann threw the phone out of his vehicle, which he says helped limit the damage to himself and his car.
“I luckily threw it outside. It should have damaged my whole car. I just saw smoke and nothing else,” he said.
Mann says he’s been told by doctors that he can’t work in his job as a mechanic for at least four weeks.
Samsung Canada says it cannot comment on the specific incident without examining Mann’s smartphone.
“Customer safety remains our highest priority and we remain committed to working with any customer who has experienced an issue with a Samsung product,” a spokesperson wrote to CTV News.
Mann says he is returning his phone to Samsung.
The S7 is one of two smartphones being offered as a replacement for the recalled Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled after reports of exploding batteries.
Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in September, a month before the company said it will no longer produce the devices.
While Samsung is in the process of recovering from the Samsung Note 7 issue, the Korean giant revealed on Wednesday that it is acquiring NewNet Communication Technologies, a messaging company, in an undisclosed deal, according to TechCrunch. The latest acquisitions follows a previous announcement of plans to buy audio and auto systems maker Harman for a cool $8 billion.
The recently aquired company might not be as recognizable as Harman, which claims to have audio and connected systems in 30 million cars worldwide, but NewNet could provide an important piece of the services puzzle for Samsung.
Harman promises to give Samsung a huge boost in owning the increasingly important in-car infotainment space, where Google’s Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay systems are already in the market, because of its sheer consumer presence and brand. NewNet could help in another important domain: messaging. It could enable Samsung to introduce its own messaging services to rival to iMessage, Google’s many chat apps and third-parties like WhatsApp, which counts a billion active users. (Samsung’s previous stab at messaging, a chat app called ChatOn, was closed down nearly two years ago.)
Canada-based NewNet specializes in RCS infrastructure and services which enable things like high-quality voice calls, group calls, video calls, file sharing and more. Its technology allows these features across users with different kinds of devices and different mobile operators, in a similar way that iMessage users can send each other different media types and free messages across the Apple service.
It isn’t entirely clear right now how Samsung will use NewNet, which will remain a standalone business under its ownership, but this could be another catch up move on its rivals — not unlike the Harman deal is but far, far cheaper.
Regardless of whom you vote for, whether it is Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump or an independent candidate, it is a civic duty that every American should exercise his/her right to vote for a Presidential candidate or any other election in general.
Again, it is your right to vote and it is certainly a civic duty but you are not required nor obligated to vote.
It was 6:40 am on a beautiful Tuesday morning, November 8, 2016 when I first got to the polling station, thinking it will open at 7:00 am. Apparently, the polling station opened earlier and there were around a 100 people waiting ahead of me.
The line was already long and it can be frustrating to wait for long in lines before having my morning coffee, but the line moved faster than I expected. It took less than an hour to cast my vote and ran to catch the last commuter train to work. Presidential Election only happens once every four years so waiting shouldn’t be a problem unless you have other obligations that prevent you from taking part in this important civic duty.
Patience is a virtue! Perhaps it is a good time to practice it while awaiting your turn to cast your vote. Depending on your poll location, the wait could be two hours or longer. We’re talking about awaiting your turn to vote but DMV waits can be longer and that’s why I personally utilize electronic services whenever available.
A wise-man once said: if you do not exercise your right to vote, you have no right to complain!
The odds that a single voter will determine how an election turns out are very slim, but it remains a possibility.
Every day in our lives, we face various challenges. Most of us have heard the expression “today isn’t my day!“. Now, let’s think about that for a minute.
We usually say that when we’re having a bad day. That’s quiet normal and we all experience such days. As humans, we have many weaknesses and no one is perfect! That’s another expression we often use to justify a wrong doing or to comfort someone who makes a mistake. It’s true! We have many imperfections and the only way to overcome such ego within us is to acknowledge our shortcomings so we can better ourselves.
If you are the type of person who always claims to be right at all times regardless what you do or say, then you should probably take a moment with yourself and dig a little deeper into your past. You’ll certainly realize there are times when you made wrong decisions and/or have said hurtful words to someone that you regret, etc.
Acknowledging your weaknesses does not make you weaker but stronger. Now, you are probably wondering how would such weakness makes me stronger? Well, if you know your weakness, you would try finding a way to overcome it. For example, if your weakness is giving public speeches, you may decide to join a toastmaster group and improve your public speaking skills and become better speaker. However, if you insist that you are perfect and do not have any weakness, most likely you won’t look for ways to improve yourself.
You are the only one who can shape your character! If you are the kind of person who strives to better yourself, you would be amazed as time passes how much you have positively changed.
Yes, some days can be rough but that should not be a reason to give up on life. If you happen to be someone who loves watching sunset, the sky-view as the sun sets is stunning but it is followed with darkness. At the same time, the sun rises the next day again to brighten our new day. The point is, no matter how much difficulties and hardships we face today, we’ll soon see a bright light. Patience is a virtue!
Life is a long journey! No matter how many times you fall, stand up and continue moving. Never look back to regret your past but to reflect on lessons you have learned that made you much more stronger person today.
If one door closes on your face, do not stand there waiting for that door to reopen. Turn around to see how many new doors opened for you. Never lose hope!
Back in 2010, when I built a storage shed, I placed a single order of estimated materials needed to complete the shed building. The order was placed through Lowes and since the cost of materials was over $500, the order was delivered free of charge.
You’re probably wondering why would this article be about pressure treated wood, what’s the difference? Should not all pressure treated wood be the same?. Not really! I’m not wood expert but I was under the impression that all pressure treated wood are the same. You may argue, well, it depends on the type of tree the wood originated from which is a fair argument. Also another factor could be related to the lumber supplier.
Let’s just first say I’m glad that I purchased the pressure treated wood from Lowes and not Home Depot. However, I miscalculated the pressure treated wood needed. Therefore, I had to make a run to Home Depot to purchase additional wood.
Six years later, looking at the photo of the shed door ramp, the pressure treated wood used to build it were a combination of wood purchased from Lowes and Home Depot.
As the famous quote says: A picture is worth a thousand words!
As shown on picture, the bent wood were purchased from Home Depot which certainly need replacement. Do not get me wrong! I shop at Home Depot more than Lowes but will no longer buy any pressure treated wood from Home Depot. I just thought of sharing my personal experience in case you are planning a project requiring such products.