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Surely you can sue Samsung here? The cost of that hotel and rescheduled flight (and, if he’s American, the emergency hospital cost) are some pretty damn obvious damages even if other factors like emotional impact are not permitted.
By buying it or using the app for it, he’s probably agreed to some binding arbitration BS along with some other things that would make a lawsuit practically impossible.
Arbitration just means you don’t go to trial in front of a jury. You can still sue, the claim just goes to an arbitor to find an agreement. Most lawsuits end in out of court settlements anyway.
The arbiter is bought and paid for by Samsung. I wonder what the outcome will be.
If bias is obvious, and it constitutes fraud, a decision in arbitration can be vacated by courts.
If bias is clear during proceedings, the arbitrator can be challenged, then a new independent arbiter can be selected.
While its bullshit that this kind of stuff gets shoved into EULAs, its not the end of things in terms of getting an appropriate outcome.
And thats a massive onus on the claimant.
Just threaten to call ICE on the arbiter
Then bring Master Chief to settle for you.
I wonder how they got it off. Doesn’t look like they cut it.
Probably lubricant. Cutting it would have a high chance of puncturing the battery and burn your finger.
Yes, 100% is high.
Cut it off while his hand is underwater?
Water does not help battery fires
This would end up with the entire hand being removed
Lithium dgaf about water
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Based on their reply, I think they are saying “putting your hand under water prior to puncturing a lithium ion battery won’t help you retain your finger.”
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I mean, clearly it wasn’t necessary
I’ve seen this nylon tape method too
In addition to lubricant you can thread string or thin tape through the ring and wrap it around the finger to compress it while working the ring off. I’m sure there must be videos out there that show this technique.
Edit: Here’s one that came up easily…not saying it’s the best, but it gives the idea: https://youtube.com/shorts/gI95I2f2jJM
Dental floss works too!
That’s far more elegant than taking the finger off. Cool example video - thanks for sharing. I didn’t know you could do that.
Taking the finger off is so much more fun though.
Probably could have removed it himself with string and lubricant if he were not an idiot that buys a fucking smart ring.
What you are doing is victim blaming. Not cool.
And what you are doing is saying people who buy Samsung products shouldn’t expect them to explode or catch fire. Not cool.
No matter what product you buy, you shouldn’t expect them to explode or catch fire. Singling out any particular brand is just dumb.
Name another brand that has repeatedly been in the news for products of various types, from jewelry to household appliances, that has been known to explode or catch fire. Sounds like you ignore that news and keep buying from that shit company and now you’re salty for being called on it.
Edit: looks like they can’t. Probably mad and sad that their 10 inch Samsung phone seems like a bad investment now
Samsung batteries weren’t the only ones, just the only big news stories. You should try researching more and being condescending less.
Oh yeah? Perhaps you can name other washing machines that caught fire randomly? Without googling for 10 minutes?
I bought some fireworks, expecting them not to explode and catch fire, but wtf thats exactly what they did after I lit the fuse!
No, I didn’t do that. Now you are doing strawman argument for trolling… But whatever. I didn’t mean to engage with you. Just pointed out what you were doing in the interest of help you be more kind. Of course, such changes need to come from within oneself too. I know you can!
These victims of their own brains are what fuel an economy built on marketing, lies, shady TOC, and absurd prices for terrible quality. They get nothing in the way of compassion for being a victim from me.
We all fuel an economy built on marketing, lies, shady TOC, and absurd prices. Sometimes we can try to break away by using FOSS or buying old, but eventually we all come back for something.
Nothing in my comment in blaming. I’m stating they’re pretty stupid but I expected nothing more from someone that buys such crap.
Yes, that’s the blaming that they’re talking about.
Ah yes, because everyone packs lube and string in their carry-on bag when traveling and has 20 extra minutes to sit down and try to figure this out right before boarding a plane.
It may surprise you to learn that not everyone knows everything you know, and there are people out there who know things you don’t.
I had a ring I couldn’t get off. Did the lube and string thing and didn’t work.
What I did learn though is that so long as your finger is not blue, you can go to most jewelers and they can cut the ring off for you at no charge. If your finger is blue, go to the emergency room.
Had to do this for a wedding band that I had kept on for years to the point where my finger had grown larger. Tried all the DIY tricks, and they’d be close but still not enough. Finally admitted I’d have to cut it at a jewelers, was off in 30 seconds. Huge reason why I would never consider a tungsten ring. Might as well just plan a reattachment surgery.
Wait because the tungsten ring will shatter? Or because it’s too tough?
I think it requires special tools to cut, and that’s just machining the metal away from a finger. Maybe there’s a way, but I doubt it’s something any jeweler or even ER will have.
Buy stupid things, win stupid prices!
That’s not really a spicy pillow is it.
Mode like a spicy… Hmmm. Scrunchie?
Spicy donut maybe?
Otherwise known as my asshole after way too much spicy chili.
Yeah that works better.
WTF
How did they remove it? 😳 I mean, it seems not to be cut, and I doubt hospitals know where to cut it in case of emergency 🫢
Lube
“Yes hello, Samsung support? The battery in my new Smart Necklace has started swelling and it’s choking me out, what should I do? Ok, yes, I’m running very fast away from all other people, what next?”
Hah, first thing that I thought of.
Wedlock was a masterpiece.
Can’t wait for the smart 🐓 ring 🤓
There are smart chastity cages already, I guess this will fill the niche of people wanting to compare erection strength
…I might lack some imagination, but… why? Why does such a thing need any smart-features? Does it play “BOYOYOYOIINNGGGG!” sound effects when a user pops a boner?
So you can hacked and asked for a ransom.
Advanced findom.
findom as a service.
That is legitimately one of the use cases. People buy one and then hand the keys (so to speak) to someone remote, maybe even a findom content creator online.
I don’t get the appeal, but it’s a thing.
… huh, well, as long as everyone participating is happy with the arrangement, I guess.
To me that just sounds like a privacy/security nightmare waiting to happen. But… maybe that’s part of it? I dunno.
Nice, now I want one for real
beavis soundpack dlc when
If it does I’m buying one.
Sure. That sounds glorious
So that it can be remotely controlled
There’s a good amount of design space that exists for remotely controlled sex toys
If it has vibration that can be remotely controlled it’s a billion dollar idea.
fairly sure all kinds of vibrators have been figured out already.
But also, I can’t help but to think hearing a faint buzzing in a meeting, and everyone just stares and asks “you gonna answer or cancel that call already?” BOJOINNGGG
Yeah but do regular ones tell you data about the erection? Tumescence, blood pressure, heartbeat rate, HRV, temperature, galvanic response. All important metrics to someone I’m sure
You’re not worried about it slipping off constantly?
:D
I haven’t even looked but I can almost guarantee you this already exists.
They do. tbh, it’s not great. Basically only use it with a partner so it’s more the connection with the partner that gets me off more than anything else.
A smart rooster ring?
I thought this was a joke. I had no idea there were smart rings.
Some of them require a subscription to access all features AFTER paying $300-500 for the ring 🫠
I think I know what happens if you fall behind in payments…
They activate the self-detonation like for OP
/s
Literally THE reason I’ve always been against the idea of smart rings. Wearables like a watch are fine, because they don’t permanently seal themselves around your appendages when they fail; you can always unclasp the band of a watch.
You could certainly build a ring that unfolds or at least isn’t a full circle around your finger if you weren’t obsessed with encroaching intoj an existing jewelry format for marketing reasons.
Of course that would imply that there’s a need of some kind to have a headless computer around your finger, which… there isn’t?
I kind of get a ring. I wore a smartwatch for years, it was only after my last one broke, and I didn’t immediately replace it, that I realised how inconvenient they were. I used to constantly get it caught in things e.g. while getting dressed, and constantly had to keep adjusting the position of the band. With a ring on a finger, I can’t see this being anywhere near as much of an issue.
Would be great if they didn’t risk blowing your finger up.
I had a Android Wear watch for a minute. Got it for free from a coworker. I liked it but when it died I felt like I lost nothing of value. Now I just wear an analogue watch (one of Citizen’s watches which has a solar panel on the face which charges a capacitor to power it so no batteries to worry about) and that does everything I need from a watch plus it’s small enough that it never gets in the way unlike the Android Wear watch
Literally the first time I hear about smart rings. What do they do?
They swell up and get stuck on your finger! Pretty cool innovation if you ask me 😎 🆒
They are supposed to be monitoring your health (blood pressure, pulse). I think they also try to make some claims about your sleep pattern.
Essentially it is a gadget for people trying to “optimize” their lifes.
Some of them can also vibrate for notifications like phone calls or use LEDs for some status information.
Usually do the fitness tracking stuff of a smart watch in the form factor of a ring.
Samething a smart watch does, but don’t tell time yet.as far as I know.
Explode, as far as I can tell
It’s a smart watch without a screen (you use a phone app to control its functions).
I wonder how they got it off him. Usually they cut the ring and that would be really bad with a lithium battery.
After a bit of light searching I found this article. They lubed up his fingers and iced them to remove it since they didn’t want the ring to explode.
a fitness ring has to be one of the dumbest things I can think of. Fingers swell a lot for various reasons, and you already want a ring somewhat snug so it doesn’t fall off, so when it swells you get it even more snug, so you add a battery so it possible has its own issues. But now you can’t cut it off in an emergency, and you can’t repair it even if you do cut it off, you just sacrifice a couple hundred bucks for something that is less effective, less efficient, more dangerous than a watch that gives you more features.
The icing was to make his fingers shrink a bit. Between that and the lubrication it was enough to get off. If that hadn’t worked… I don’t know. Not a great place to put a potential fire hazard. A phone in the pocket is bad enough.
Really unlikely it would explode if cut but it would vent like hell which isn’t much better.
Smart tracking devices, dumb people.
Idk if anyone remembers Samsung phones blowing up a few years back.
We no decided to wear them on our fingers…
Yeahhh… I don’t think so.
Do you know why they call him Franky “Four Fingers” Doug?
What even is this shitty product used for? Stealing and selling your vitals data? Dumb as fuck imo
Yes and yes
You’ll have to visit a priest who can remove curse. Be prepared to make a large donation to his church!
People still buy Samsung. Honestly at this point if something like this surprises you, you’re a fucking idiot.
Tell us what brand of lithium battery is immune to this.
I’ll wait.
Name another brand that has repeatedly been in the news for products of various types, from jewelry to household appliances, that has been known to explode or catch fire. Sounds like you ignore that news and keep buying from that shit company and now you’re salty for being called on it.
I certainly cannot name another company with a product explicitly banned from air travel because it routinely caught on fire. And neither can you, because no one company has that “honor”.
The TSA has banned a single model of Samsung phone, the Galaxy Note 7, which hasn’t even been manufactured for 8 years.
Name another brand that has repeatedly been in the news for products of various types, from jewelry to household appliances, that has been known to explode or catch fire.
Sony Vaio, which arguably was largely responsible for kickstarting the Li-Ion ban before the Note 7 was specifically banned.
I don’t know anything about the Vaio, but you kind of just proved my point specifically. You realize that, right?
What point? Your point is that you didn’t know about other banned brands existed?
If your point was supposed to be “I’m not informed enough to be having this conversation”, then sure I guess I proved that.
You just provided evidence only one such ban exists which is precisely what I said. You drunk?
You said:
I certainly cannot name another company with a product explicitly banned from air travel because it routinely caught on fire.
Any product that has a recalled battery is banned on flights. Including the aforementioned Vaios, which were making headlines before the Note 7 was even a thing. The Vaios weren’t discontinued, though, like the Note 7 was. Instead, Sony kept making the same Vaio models, but with upgraded batteries.
The Note 7 is only unique in this regard because there does not exist a non-recalled model of the Note 7; the entire product line was shelved, which was a decision made by Samsung, not the TSA. If Samsung were to have continued producing the Note 7 with new batteries, it would not be included separately on TSA’s list and would be covered under the larger ban for recalled batteries.
So the Note 7 isn’t even singled-out for the reason you seem to believe it is.
I’m surprised these don’t use those solid state batteries that were in the news like a year ago.
Didn’t even know these were a thing. Seems like a recipe for necessary amputation should one of those batteries cook off while wearing one.
I cant believe this is a real product
