After a horrifying video of a Xiaomi Mi 4i turning into light and fire surfaced on the web, yet another phone made by a Chinese phone maker seems to have done the same.
Reports coming from India reveal that a OnePlus One went kaput and exploded while being charged. While it cannot be verified at the moment, the owner of the phone reckons it was connected to the official charger when that happened.
The owner — Deepak Gosain — has since uploaded a video (see below) of the aftermath, and has approached OnePlus service centres. He has been promised a replacement, but according to Gosain he’s yet to hear anything from the company since.
OnePlus India had the following to say about the incident:
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Our top priority is the health and safety of our customers. We are confident in the quality of our products, which all undergo industry-leading safety tests. We are already in touch with this customer, but since this is an open case, we cannot disclose any further information.
All of this is worrying.
@OnePlus_IN @oneplus @amazonIN @getpeid video after the fire due to bursting of one plus one in chandigarh india pic.twitter.com/NRc2hpCm9p
— Deepak Gosain (@deepakgosain92) August 22, 2016
tbh, there’s no video of when it happened rather an aftermath video. you can’t tell if this was really done by an original charger or it was rig or he was telling the truth. now anybody can rig their phones and get a new replacement for free just by taking an aftermath video and claiming this. I’m skeptical
u guys dont find it odd that this happens to sd820s only?
last time sd810 heated up too much, now sd820 doesn’t – it just blows up.
is qc in the business of killing people these days?
Opo uses 801. This is not Op3
Also some Xiaomis non SD 820 exploded too…
Dude you didn’t read the article? -_-
I wouldn’t be to quick on sending a new replacement if I was Op. Knowing it being OP1, they should send a local representative to investigate whether the phone was running on a custom rom, whether the kernel was tweaked and was the phone overclocked and etc.
Order the OPX Now! No thanks…
http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/30112/samsung-galaxy-note-7-caught-on-fire/
Galaxy NOTE 7
“quick charge is perfectly fine and it does cause no problem whatsoever, so let’s rely solely on that and let’s reduce batteries more and more”.
Inb4: I know, opo doesn’t have an official qualcomm quick charge, but the charge is on a similar output level
This is being BLOWN out of proportion
i’ll see myself out.
2 years later, he’s trying to get a new phone for free + google money with views on his lousy vid that proves nothing. And ppl are writing about it. WTH
have to ask what charger was used and the cable too? the cable in the vid looks in very good condition for one that was connected to a phone that melted? just playing devils advocate 😀