The victim, a man by the name of Silly22 on the XDA Developers forum shares his part of the story, includes images of a badly burnt Samsung Galaxy S2. A friend of Silly22 had the smartphone pictured below in his pocket when all of a sudden he felt a burning sensation on his leg. When he pulled the device out of this pocket, smoke started coming out. He also claims that his smartphone is barely 2 weeks old and that it wasn't being used heavily. Exactly what caused the battery meltdown remains unknown for now and probably won't be clear until the device in question is sent back for inspection.
This incident a week after an iPhone 4 exploded mid air while on a domestic Australian flight.
In less than a week, another iPhone 4 has reportedly exploded this time in Brazil. The Phone, which was plugged in for an overnight charge, suddenly began sparking and emitting smoke while it was just inches from its owner's face.
The owner, Brazilian Ayla Paulo Mota told the Portuguese language blog TechTudo that he was not hurt during the incident, despite his close proximity to the phone.
Editors at The Huffington Post U.K. translated Mota's comments into English:
"At dawn, I woke up seconds before witnessing the burning of my iPhone when I saw a lot of sparks and black smoke out of the cell. my room was full with an unbearable smell of smoke! At that moment, I turned off the power switch in the room to remove the phone from the outlet."
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