Smartphone users have been warned against using certain features whilst in bed following a number of serious incidents.
A number of recent reports from the USA have found that smartphones have overheated and caught on fire when left charging overnight, putting people's lives at risk.
Now, police forces are urging mobile users to exercise caution when charging their devices in and around the bedroom.The news comes from New York, where a senior NYPD figure has issued a warning to mobile users who charge their phones whilst they sleep.
The official Twitter account of the NYPD 33rd precinct has shown off several photos of phones that have overheated when left charging on users beds overnight.
This includes shocking images of burnt pillows, bedding and phones that appear to have exploded out of the rear panel.
Deputy Inspector Wilson Aramboles posted the photos alongside the warning, "Don't put your cellphone under a pillow when sleeping or when charging your device."
The warning comes as user fears about overheating smartphones, and particularly their batteries, have reached an all-time high.
This follows the fiery end to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device , which was pulled from sale around the globe following a number of reports of overheating products and several damaging fires.
Angry social media users shared photographs of charred smartphones online, complaining the devices had burst into flames while charging.
Among the high-profile incidents were a Note 7 burning the inside of a hotel room – causing more than £1,000 worth of damage, incinerating the inside of a Jeep and bursting into flames inside one unlucky man's pocket.However it seems that the Note 7 fiasco has not damaged customer perceptions of Samsung, as research released earlier this week found that many would still be happy to shop with the company.
The premature end to Galaxy Note 7 sales could cost Samsung up to $17 billion, analysts have forecasted.
Overall, the company had to recall around 2.5 million affected devices worldwide, with many customers taking a refund or switching to another Samsung smartphone.

Why Samsung? I smell foul play hia....Anyway sha, I aff hia...

I think I will buy a samsung fone for that girl that broke my heart.

Kai

Nuel25846:
I think I will buy a samsung fone for that girl that broke my heart.

Nuel25846:
I think I will buy a samsung fone for that girl that broke my heart.

Note 7 will be ok

Appreciated and well noted.

Why should I listen to NYPD? I'm in Nigeria, let our Olopa issue their own warning first

Ok

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