tech2 News Staff

A Reliance Lyf 1 smartphone user on Sunday, posted an image of a burnt Lyf 1 handset. According to a tweet sent by the user, Tanvir Sadiq, his Lyf 1 handset first exploded and then burst into flames. The photographs accompanying the tweet shows a burnt handset with Lyf branding on the rear side.

https://twitter.com/tanvirsadiq/status/795219804407754752

Reliance Lyf team members have reached out to Sadiq. According to email interaction with The Economic Times, a Lyf spokesperson has stated that each phone goes through stringent quality control process. "We are concerned about the incident reported in social media and are taking the matter seriously. We are assessing the cause and will conduct a thorough investigation in the matter. Customer safety is paramount to us and, based on our findings, we will take appropriate action," said the spokesperson.

According to PhoneRadar, the user was browsing Facebook on the phone when it exploded in his hand.

The Lyf Water 1 smartphone was launched earlier this year at Rs 14,699. The phone sports a 5-inch FullHD display and houses an octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz. It comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage which can be expanded to 32GB using a microSD card. It runs Android 5.1. It has a 13MP rear and 5MP front-facing camera. There is a 2600mAh battery powering the device.

It hasn't been long since we have heard of the whole Galaxy Note 7 burning fiasco, that led to the recall and eventual shutdown of the Note 7 product.

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