【1976 Archives】

You really976 Archivesto stop sleeping next to your phone.

Another smartphone's battery has exploded -- this time belonging to a Samsung Note 4, that blew up in the middle of the night in Guizhou, southwest China.

The phone was plugged in and charging next to a five-year-old girl, when it exploded at about 4 a.m. The explosion burnt her face, hair and hands, as well as the duvet beneath it, reports the Guizhou Metropolitan Daily.

SEE ALSO: Samsung's gonna delay the Galaxy S8 again, report says

As a result of the explosion, the girl has been unable to eat, speak or sleep due to the pain of the burns. She may have permanent scars from the accident, her parents said.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

The girl's father, Feng Lingling, told local papers that the phone was purchased in August last year in Puding county, near where the family lives in Anshun. It cost 2,699 yuan ($390).

The retailer that sold the phone confirmed it was a genuine product to the Guizhou Metropolitan Daily.

However, Samsung sent someone to check Feng's phone after the explosion, and insisted that the battery within was fake.

The South Korean electronics giant said in a follow-up statement: "We would like to express our concern to those injured, and we have been communicating with our client, in order to find out the cause of the problem."

---

Featured Video For You

---

Here's the story of how we blew up a Samsung Galaxy Note7

---

Topics Samsung

• Science
• Digital Culture
• Entertainment
• Deals
• Life
• Tech
• Social Good
• Shopping

• New MIT report reveals energy costs of AI tools like ChatGPT
• Everybody really wants to believe this story about Tom Hardy kicking ass
• Forget the Galaxy S8, Samsung's already working on the Galaxy S9
• Here's the Doctor Who/Mr. Men mashup you never knew you needed
• How to Settle Down with Dystopia
• Mark Zuckerberg posts Oculus VR film profiling prison inmates changing their lives
• Hash browns recalled due to 'extraneous golf ball materials'
• 'Deadpool 2' just got upgraded to a summer date in the year of X
• New MIT report reveals energy costs of AI tools like ChatGPT
• Please stop putting old ladders in your bathroom

• Literate Liars and the Lying Lies We Tell by Sadie Stein
• Commercial Fan Fiction by Sadie Stein
• Wrench by Eric Neuenfeldt
• In the Ninth by Mark Chiusano
• Flannery O’Connor’s Peacocks, and Other News by Sadie Stein
• A Battle for Souls, and Other News by Sadie Stein
• Cities in Books, and Other News by Sadie Stein
• Defiance, and Other News by Sadie Stein
• Ground Down by Michael Croley
• Always Remember by Sadie Stein

• The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whales
• Jimmy Wales' new project is like Wikipedia, but to 'fix' the news
• Boyfriend who gave woman a karaoke mic for her birthday has no idea what he unleashed
• Behold, the architectural legacy of millennials: Emoji on buildings
• Music is the secret weapon of Mario Speedrunners
• Feud finale spoilers: The triumph and tragedy of Bette and Joan's final act
• 'We Bare Bears' is a kids' show tackling modern millennial anxieties
• Here's how Richard could build his 'new internet' on 'Silicon Valley'
• The internet is talking like Kevin from 'The Office' now
• Very hungry caterpillars could be the answer to the Earth's massive plastic bag problem

• NYT Connections hints and answers for May 1: Tips to solve 'Connections' #690.
• Global warming is sharply raising the risk of 'unprecedented' events
• Trump won't fire Sean Spicer because 'that guy gets great ratings'
• Confessions of a dating app voyeur
• Is it 'Thunderbolts*' or *The New Avengers'?
• Classy dog in a bowtie sitting on a Delta flight becomes Twitter's darling
• Forget the Galaxy S8, Samsung's already working on the Galaxy S9
• Samsung's updating the Galaxy S8 software to eliminate red screens
• Wordle today: The answer and hints for April 14, 2025
• Very hungry caterpillars could be the answer to the Earth's massive plastic bag problem