Galaxy S7s Are Not Exploding

Isolated reports of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S7 smartphone exploding have not been confirmed, according to the Korean tech giant. As it continues to deal with the aftermath to end production of the Galaxy Note 7 some Galaxy S7 have seemingly exploded as well.

There have been several recent reports in Asia and Canada, according to VentureBeat, raising the possibility that the same issues that plagued the Samsung Galaxy Note7 are also cropping up in the Samsung Galaxy S7. In the US, a construction worker in Ohio and an employee at a smartphone store both claimed that they had seen fire-damaged on the slightly dated flagships, PhoneArena reported.

In a statement, Samsung said there are 10 million Samsung Galaxy S7 devices in the US, and none of them have had internal battery failures, but it has confirmed "a number of instances" caused that are known to have severe external damage.

"Until Samsung is able to obtain and examine any device, it is impossible to determine the true cause of any incident," the statement said. It is certainly unclear if the company had sought out the devices in the reported explosions to examine them. A spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Samsung's reputation as a maker of high-end smartphones took a big hit two months back when it recalled and ultimately discontinued the Note 7 following multiple confirmed reports of fires and explosions. The US Department of Transportation classified the next-gen flagship smartphone as dangerous goods and banned passengers from carrying them on commercial flights.

Samsung apologised to consumers and even offered incentives, all of which come in zone-specific variants, to get owners to switch to another Samsung flagship device. At press time, it has so not yet announced the cause of the fires and explosions.