To be fair, it had a 3rd party battery that might be the issue.
Still, Samsung seems to have more 'phones bursting into flames' stories than any other manufacturer. Might be the easily replacable battery thing and sub par batteries. You can't just shove any 3rd party battery into your iPhone easily.
It could also be due to the fact that samsung sells A LOT of phones. And I'm guessing it's due to the third-party battery in this case, since the cheaper ones have been known to simply report fake temperatures back to the smartphone.
Probably true. I just had my S4 replaced because it would no longer charge one morning after I woke up. After inspecting the charging port and cable, there were clear burn marks. A few days before this is would randomly heat up and go into "cool down" mode or whatever they call it. This was with the stock battery and charger, so it was slightly concerning. I wouldn't completely rule out a genuine defect.
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