Pixel 9 Catches Fire in Owner's Pocket, Burning Hole as Google Takes 4 Days to Respond
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Updated · PhoneArena · May 15
Pixel 9 Catches Fire in Owner's Pocket, Burning Hole as Google Takes 4 Days to Respond
3 articles · Updated · PhoneArena · May 15
A Pixel 9 owner said the phone spontaneously caught fire in his pocket on Sunday, with sparks and smoke followed by a melted case and a hole burned through the fabric.
A 4-minute video reportedly captured part of the incident after the owner pulled the smoking handset out and threw it onto the floor during a FaceTime call on his iPad.
Google support had not provided a proper response more than 4 days after the owner first called on Monday, leaving him to seek help through Reddit and the Pixel support page.
The owner, a long-time Pixel user leaving the country in about a week, said the episode left him with a bad taste and little chance of resolving the case before traveling.
The incident recalls Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 crisis nearly 10 years ago, though isolated phone fires still surface despite tighter battery-safety checks across the industry.
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