Samsung facing lawsuits over battery problems in other devices

As we all know, Samsung particularly had a bad 2016 given how its Galaxy Note 7 was riddled with battery woes. Now, a report containing plantiffs claim that other smartphones — apart from Note 7 — had been overheating and catching fire. These smartphone include the Samsung S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, S6 Active, S7, S7 Edge, and S7 Active.

“Cases in three US states have claimed that Samsung was aware of the battery issues and fire hazards for years, but opted not to inform its customers,” The Daily Mail report reads.

“A new class action lawsuit filed this month by Dale Holzworth in Massachusetts alleges that the company's other products also share the same problematic battery issues pose risks to users,”  AppleInsider reported.

Dale Holzworth continued to claim that other Samsung smartphone owners have been experiencing battery issues with the devices since 2011. But despite knowing the risks, Samsung has continued to increase the battery power in its large format phones.

The lawsuit filed by Holzworth states that Samsung’s solution to these battery-related problems was to use a process called thermal spreading.

There are about four other lawsuits that have been filed in New York and California that note similar events with their Galaxy smartphone in the span of last two years. Claire Gilligan of New York supports Holzworth in stating that Samsung has sought to deliver the largest batteries with the shortest recharging periods, but alleges that the company cut corners to maximise performance and does not do independent testing of its batteries as other phone-makers do.

To recall, about 112 Galaxy Note 7 fires were reported worldwide within a month of the device’s launch in August. Following which, Samsung announced the official recall of its 2.5 million devices, blaming the incidents on ‘irregularly sized batteries.’