Samsung phones are Blowing Up - Here’s Why.

We need to know - have YOU had any similar problems? To check out my Voice Assistant Battle: https://youtu.be/rgTGKcoq2Os

As a former Samsung Repair technician for about a decade, I know that from the S4 Series to the S20 Series, Samsung used Lithium Polymer batteries. These are labeled as just "Li-Ion" However they also use a nickel and magnesium substrate between the Lithium layers. This is uncommon with most other companies, but Samsung uses this substrate as a "Shield" of sorts to discharge the battery in case of a puncture. However what Samsung will not tell you is that this was a mistake since Magnesium has a Half-Life of around 1,000 hours and produces carbon Dioxide as a by product of decomposition. This causes the batteries to swell and eventually rupture. The S21 series and beyond no longer have a metallic substrate, with a discharge circuit built into the motherboard of the phone. This is a well known issue within Samsung and its subsidiaries, but has not been released to the public as far as I know.

I thought my own expanded batteries were because I disassembled and manhandled them 'inappropriately'... but it turns out its a much larger issue. Hope we get some answers!

Maybe this is a cool feature so you don't have to pry the phone apart to change a bad battery. The battery just opens the phone by itself!

Another one that might be related to this issue is the green line issue for samsung phones. It is infamous here in the philippines and other southeast asian countries, specifically with phones equipped with the exynos chipset. Apparently, the phones get too hot and damages the display ribbon which causes the green lines on the display.

This is why batteries should be easy to access and dispose. Right to repair is a serious topic which more youtubers and public figures should advocate

Yep can double confirm this with my collection too. Recent phones to have blown up batteries are my Galaxy Note 10+ and shockingly my Fold 2 this summer. No other phones in my collection have done this from Pixels to iPhones to Xiaomi's etc. Weirdly enough, It happened to my Samsung phones that came after the Note 7. My Galaxy S1 till S6 Edge are completely fine stored in the same place & in exact same conditions. There is something they have done to their batteries after the Note 7 fiasco that needs to be investigated. With that being said, It only happens to the "stored Samsung phones". No active Samsung phone in use has done this so far.

Bro honestly, this issue seems mind-blowing. And I can literally relate this with myself as well, given that my dad's Galaxy Note 5 that had been sleeping in a shelf for like 5 years, has a swollen battery too.

I actually learned that batteries can swell when they're not being used. Normally Li-Ion batteries. Li-Po batteries are less prone to that; though it does seem odd that it only affects Samsung phones

Pretty wild from Samsung to manage the communication with you so badly, if it was like this with you, imagine for the rest of us common consumers.

I think one of the most alarming things about this is how Samsung communicated with you. It’s interesting how phone companies essentially rely on the advertising given to them by tech influencers but don’t see how it would be a problem to not be transparent with those same people

I had that exact problem just happen recently on an old stored S7 i had laying around. Luckily it was noticed fast and disposed of because i saw your video when it came out. I also had that happen on an old Motorola though. The only difference is that this Motorola was in constant use for over 4 years

I personally haven't had this experience with the Samsung phones that I store. I think the world is lucky that we have YouTubers like you guys. The store hundreds of phones. To give us this information. Since I restore two or three times obviously I'm a smaller sample size

Tech community coming together to hold companies responsible. Love this ! Keep it up.

Respect for Arun for using his fame to spread useful information, even when it's criticism of the companies he reviews. Gotta have balls for that, props to you

I've had 3 Samsung phones in the past 10 years; Galaxy s4, Galaxy s10+ and now a Galaxy s24 Ultra. No problems so far. Guess I've been lucky

As someone who has multiple galaxy devices stored, ive had 1 expand like this. It was a device i had only used once or twice, definitely having less than 2 discharge cycles. The trend i notice here is that these batteries/phones are barely used, then stored. I dont see this being much of an issue with devices that have had normal usage, but I would investigate this route..

I work at a retail company where we also do smartphone repairs. A huge majority of battery replacements were with Samsung phones due to them expanding. One got so large my entire department was almost too afraid to safely take it off a customer’s hands.

The biggest problem in my eyes was how Samsung communicated to you on the issue. It looked to me as if they were planning to take legal action if you didn't give them your phones.

I have had this happen with an iPhone too. I just noticed it last year on an old iPhone 6s. It was pretty old though, so that probably played a part into why the battery expanding