Even with the modernizations in the technology space, there isn’t any respite from smartphone blast incidents across the globe. India has also seen several such mobile explosion cases in the last few years. This year, the OnePlus Nord 2 going up in flames multiple times grabbed all the headlines. It hasn’t been long since we came across one such incident and the history seems to be repeating. This time, it’s a Poco handset whose explosion has left the victim injured. Here’s what happened:
Poco M3 Blast Case: What Happened?
The latest mobile blast incident has been highlighted by a Twitter user called @Mahesh08716488. According to Mahesh, the Poco M3 which his brother was using caught fire before exploding. The tweet shared by the user only confirms the blast incident and doesn’t reveal if there were any injuries to the victim.
Mahesh had also shared the images of the burnt Poco M3 unit. The device can be seen with an entirely wrecked bottom panel. The lower half of the device’s back panel loudly speaks for the blast intensity. Only the portion housing the rear camera module seems less affected by the explosion.
What Does Poco Say On This Matter?
Poco had acknowledged the issue as soon as it was reported by the user on Twitter. Notably, at the time of writing, both the tweet by Mahesh as well as the reply by Poco were deleted. The company had replied to the user stating a users’ safety is the company’s priority and such incidents are taken seriously.
The company had also assured investigations on the matter and what really caused the Poco M3 to go up in flames. In an official statement later, the company said “At Poco India, customer safety is of utmost importance and we take such matters extremely seriously. At this stage, our team contacted the customer as soon as the issue was notified and is awaiting his visit to the nearest service center”.
The brand further said, “ We are committed to examine the issue in detail, and extend all our support to the customer and resolve this on priority. All our devices go through various levels of stringent quality tests to ensure that the quality of the device is not compromised at any levels.”
It remains to be seen if the latest Poco M3 blast was due to any internal defect or external factor. We will keep you updated with the details on this matter.
