Take a quick look around your home or office. How many electronic devices -- laptops, smartphones, tablets, power banks, chargers and such -- can you see? I'm betting that it's quite a few.

The processors inside today’s smartphones are also producing more ... General warning signs that your battery is damaged and could explode include a hissing sound, popping, or swelling.

Given the deadly explosions of pagers owned by members of Hezbollah this week, many smartphone users are asking if their devices could also be remotely set to explode. While it's technically ...

Sometimes smartphones explode. Last year alone, an iPhone 4 caught fire while charging overnight, a child in India was killed when a Redmi Note 5 Pro reportedly blew up in her face, and a man's ...

which is placed in two billion consumer devices every year like smartphones and tablets. Why do these batteries explode and risk lives of consumers. The answer lies in the fact that we as ...

Samsung has recalled its new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after reports it can overheat and even explode. The company said it "conducted a thorough investigation and found a battery cell issue." ...

Johannesburg - Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 phablet has become synonymous with exploding batteries, but other smartphone brands risk facing the same problem amid a race for faster charging times. This race ...

So what can cause a battery to explode? Various problems and situations can lead to this: A short circuit during charging or any other external influence on the charging process of the smartphone (for ...

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Shipments of low-cost smartphones are expected to explode in the coming years. In a recent report, ABI projected that shipments of sub-$250 smartphones will grow from 259 million units this year ...