Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone goes on sale in the US today, and there have been a few online reports of some of the Galaxy S III smartphones suffering from some sort of heat damage, which you can see in the photo below.
There are no details as yet on whether this has just happened to one or two devices, or whether the problem is more widespread, but Samsung has responded to the issue and have said they are looking into it, you can see their statement below.
There have been recent online posts displaying pictures of a Samsung GALAXY SIII that appears to have heat-related damage at the bottom of the device. Samsung is aware of this issue and will begin investigating as soon as we receive the specific product in question.
Once the investigation is complete, we will be able to provide further details on the situation. We are committed to providing our customers with the safest products possible and are looking at this seriously.
This could just be an isolated incident, as soon as we get some more information we will let you guys know.
Source Samsung
Image Credit Sammobile
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