Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Ditarik, Ini Foto Mobil yang Terbakar
Mobile Phone Fireball: Samsung Tell All Note 7 Owners to Return Devices
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
SAMSUNG meminta para pemilik Galaxy Note 7 untuk segera menyerahkan ponselnya ke dealer terdekat menyusul kebakaran yang terjadi akibat ponsel meledak.
Sebuah mobil Jeep habis terbakar setelah pemiliknya meninggalkan Note 7 untuk pengisian daya (charged) di dashboard mobil.
Samsung memperingatkan pelanggan untuk menghentikan penggunaan ponsel seharga Rp14 juta per unit ketika terungkap fakta kebakaran akibat smartphone buatan Korea tersebut.
Beberapa maskapai penerbangan juga melarang ponsel tersebut dibawa penumpang ke kabin karena dikhawatirkan menimbulkan risiko terhadap keamanan dan kenyamanan penerbangan.
Laporan terbaru tentang Note 7 meledak dan memicu mobil terbakar ketika seorang remaja putri hendak naik di kursi belakang mobil.
Pria asal Florida Nathan Dornacher tengah mengisi daya ponsel Note 7 di dashboard Grand Cherokee saat dia meninggalkan mobil.
Ketika berada di dalam rumah dia meminta putrinya yang berusia delapan tahun untuk kembali ke dalam mobil - tapi ketika ia melihat dari jendela ternyata mobil ayahnya sudah terbakar.
Menggambarkan insiden mengerikan tersebut, dia mengatakan kepada Fox 13: "Itu sangat mengejutkan saya bagaimana cepatnya [dashboard] terbakar.
"Setelah membakar [dashboard], airbag terlontar keluar dan terjadilah ledakan".
Mobil hasil modifikasi miliknya pun hangus tanpa sisa.
"Hal terakhir yang terlintas di pikiran saya; ada ponsel baru di mobil, perangkat itu adalah ponsel, membakar mobil saya, rumah saya, atau menyakiti anggota keluarga", katanya.
Pekan lalu Samsung memerintahkan penarikan 2,5 juta unit Note 7 setelah muncul laporan dari ponsel terbakar saat di-charging.
Ponsel baru ini diluncurkan oleh raksasa ponsel Korea Selatan pada Agustus lalu.
Dalam sebuah pernyataan, pembuat ponsel terbesar di dunia mengatakan: "keselamatan pelanggan kami adalah prioritas utama."
"Sampai perangkat pengganti tersedia, Samsung meminta semua pelanggan pemilik Galaxy Note 7 smartphone untuk mematikan perangkat Anda dan mengembalikannya ke tempatnya membeli secepat mungkin".
Maskapai penerbangan Qantas, Virgin Australia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates dan Etihad telah Note 7 dibawa penumpang dalam penerbangan mereka.
Regulator penerbangan Amerika Serikat, FAA juga telah memperingatkan terhadap keberadaan Note 7 di bagasi pesawat jet komersial.
Samsung berjanji untuk mengganti semua ponsel yang diserahkan pelanggan mulai 19 September seperti dilansir The Sun.
SAMSUNG has told owners of its Galaxy Note 7 to hand their phone back immediately after a car was gutted by a fire caused by the device EXPLODING.
A Jeep went up in flames after its owner left his Note 7 charging on the dashboard.
The company is warning customers to completely stop using the £700 mobiles as stories emerged last week of the gadgets going up in flames.
Several airlines have also banned the phone being taken on flights because of fears it poses a safety risk.
The latest report of a Note 7 blowing up saw it set fire to a car as a young girl was about to climb into the back seat.
Florida man Nathan Dornacher had his mobile plugged into his Grand Cherokee’s dashboard while he was unloading the boot.
While inside his house he sent his eight-year-old daughter to get back into the car — but when he looked out the window he saw the car was in flames.
Describing the terrifying incident, he told Fox 13: “It was very surprising to me how quick the [dashboard] caught on fire.
“Once it got the [dashboard], the airbags went and started exploding”.
His modified car was completely destroyed.
“That’s the last thought in my head; that a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car, my house, or hurt a family member”, he said.
Last week Samsung ordered a recall of 2.5 million Note 7 devices after reports emerged of them catching fire during charging.
The new phone was only launched by the South Korean phone giant in August.
In a statement, the world’s biggest mobile maker said: “Our customers’ safety is an absolute priority.
“Until a replacement device is provided, Samsung asks all customers with a Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to power down your device and return it to its place of purchase at your earliest opportunity”.
Airlines Qantas, Virgin Australia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Etihad have banned the phones from their flights.
US flight regulator the FAA has also warned against packing the device in hold luggage.
Samsung has promised to replace all phones handed in from 19 September.
