OnePlus SmartPhone catches fire while it was 'Unplugged' and 'Switched Off'

A OnePlus SmartPhone caught fire earlier this week despite being in switched off and unplugged mode, its user Rahul Himalian reported.

User said he woke up “suddenly by suffocating and nauseating fumes generated” by his “fuming and flaming One Plus One Mobile.” According to user, the incident took place on July 3, 2019 . He also pointed out that his room conditioner was also maintaining room temperature at 19 degrees centigrade.

In his complain, Himalian wrote, “On seeing the fumes filled in the room, I immediately splashed water on to the device to douse the fumes and flames. Had I not got up to this odd hour, the mobile would have exploded and caused vital/fatal injury to me.”

Himalian asserted that his OnePlus One is now a five-year-old model but he pointed out the phone is “least expected to explode and endanger human life at any point of time.” “It is an inherent manufacturing defect for which both OnePlus and Amazon, the seller should own up responsibility and redress the grievance immediately,” he added.

Company's Response 

OnePlus has responded to the post and said it has launched a probe.OnePlus says it has already reached out to user and is investigating the matter.

“We take such incidents seriously. Our team has already reached out to the user and is investigating this further,” said the company in a statement.

Similar Incidents which Happened Earlier

This is not the first time a smartphone has caught fire or exploded. Back in 2016, a Chandigarh user also faced similar problem with his OnePlus One Phone. Over the years, there have been several reports of phones from brands like Xiaomi ,Motorola and others catching fire. The most notable one, however, is Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 which was ultimately recalled and taken out of production following reports of battery explosions.Samsung Galaxy Note 9 device was found bursting into flames inside the purse of a Long Island resident. Apple has had its own share of exploding phone and so have Nokia, OnePlus.

It begs the question about the build quality of phones in general, no matter how old. 

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