Mum warns women not to keep phones in their bras after Samsung Galaxy S7 burns her boob
Georgie Tufnail, 31, left with 'hot and seeping' wound in her breast after tucking her handset down her top
A WOMAN has told how her Samsung phone burned her breast after she tucked it in her bra.
Georgie Tufnail, 31, suffered an infection in her left boob after her Galaxy S7 caused the injury.
Georgie is on antibiotics to treat the wound, which she said was “‘hot and seeping”.
She said she put the £500 handset down her bra when she was in a rush with her young son.
She noticed it felt hot, but two hours later she took the phone out and found the nasty injury.
She said: “It was a line of disgusting green pus.
"It was obvious from where it was that it was the phone.”
Full-time mum Georgie, of Chatham, Kent, saw her doctor, who prescribed antibiotics.
The first thing my doctor said was, ‘Is it a Samsung?’
She said: “The first thing my doctor said was, ‘Is it a Samsung?’ I had no idea of their problems.
“I just want to warn people not to keep their phones there.
“I know people do because it’s just easy access.
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"Some girls on nights out might do it if they haven’t taken a bag with them.
“Also men should be careful about keeping them in their pockets.
"It burnt my skin away.”
Samsung said in a statement: “There are no known issues with the Samsung Galaxy S7. Until Samsung is able to obtain and examine any device, it is impossible to determine the true cause of any incident.
"Customer safety remains our highest priority and we are working to contact Ms Tufnail in order to obtain the device in question and conduct a thorough investigation.”
Samsung had to recall its Note 7 handset after some exploded when problems with the battery made them overheat.
A Florida man filed a lawsuit against the South Korean firm last year saying he suffered severe burns after his Note 7 exploded in his trousers' front pocket.
And a six-year-old boy from Brooklyn, New York, was hospitalised after a Note 7 burst into flames in his hands.
Reports emerged last year of similar problems with the S7 Edge, though no problems have been identified with the smaller S7 model and it has not been recalled.
There have also been numerous reports of iPhones exploding or causing burns.
One pregnant mum suffered second-degree burns after falling asleep on top of her iPhone 7.
A Brit mountain biker suffered burns after his iPhone6 exploded when he crashed in Australia.
And an Australian surf instructor claimed his iPhone 7 ignited and burnt out his car.