RantCrush Top 5: October 6, 2016

Samsung keeps having problems with phones that blow up. Yesterday a Southwest Airlines flight from Louisville to Baltimore had to be evacuated at the gate because of a smoking phone–the infamous Samsung Galaxy Note 7. What made matters even worse was that this was a replacement phone that was supposed to be safe–the owner received it after turning in his old one.

Always carry a Samsung phone in case you need to start a fire in the wilderness.

— Oliver Klimek (@OliverKlimek) October 6, 2016

The batteries in the Samsung phones have recently been blowing up, catching on fire, and injuring people, leading the Korean company to recall the Note 7 in September just weeks after launching it.

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But if even the replacement phones blow up–and on airplanes, which are like the worst places to start a fire–this looks pretty dark for Samsung.

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