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Samsung Galaxy S4 - 30 percent of phones have a faulty battery in them!!
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"Sources are claiming that as many as 30 percent of Galaxy S4 units that have been sold are experiencing batteries that won’t hold a charge, and in some cases even swelling. The issue seems to be affecting owners in Germany and at the time of writing it isn’t known if the problem is more widespread."
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/10/12/samsung-galaxy-s4-battery-problem-hitting-users/
Thats a very high number of faulty units if the figures are correct. :eek: :eek:
I know this is what happened to my unit! I just bought an Anker battery (didn't want to jump though hoops with Samsungs support).
"Sources are claiming that as many as 30 percent of Galaxy S4 units that have been sold are experiencing batteries that won’t hold a charge, and in some cases even swelling. The issue seems to be affecting owners in Germany and at the time of writing it isn’t known if the problem is more widespread."
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/10/12/samsung-galaxy-s4-battery-problem-hitting-users/
Thats a very high number of faulty units if the figures are correct. :eek: :eek:
I know this is what happened to my unit! I just bought an Anker battery (didn't want to jump though hoops with Samsungs support).
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If however the story is true, it is quite a worrying issue.
While they were sending me the replacement I got 2 of the Anker batteries.
Didn't realise so many have been affected, 30% is alot.
An NFC tag can't cause a lithium battery to fail.
Charging once per day means many a phone battery is dead in 12 months.
Removing battery access is a trick to make more dosh off you.
Samsung buyers are lucky considering the official batteries are less than £10, and replaceable by any old fool.
There is even a triple capacity quality brand one available.
I have just called them this afternoon. They were very helpful and told me they are sending me a new one within 14 days for free.
They will need a copy (photo or scan) of your invoice and the IMEI and Serial number of your S4.
Call them on 0330 726 07864
News link here.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/10/16/samsung-replacing-swollen-galaxy-s4-batteries/
Having seen videos on Youtube of laptops bursting into flames, I find this issue just a little concerning!! :eek:
If you do not look at the battery all you know is that your S4 is very power hungry. And it takes time to develop.
A lot less hassle to just receive a new battery here though.
What is very iffy about both of them is that I think they left everyone in the dark and not issued serial numbers of the dodgy ones.
There's slightly more info about Samsung. Apple treats it as black ops.
Does that stand for "Battery Dead"?
Even that usual garbage of 'a small amount/percentage' that gets forever pronounced could be 30 or 100% of one production batch.