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Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by userbinator on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:06AM (#12461036)
The "hoverboards" have a much bigger battery, with far more stored energy, and are also designed such that they can release that energy more quickly since the application requires it. A typical phone has around 10-15Wh capacity, hoverboards are in the 150-100Wh range, and laptop batteries are usually <100Wh; these are also cells which are designed more for long low-current discharges.
Re:FAA Urges Passengers to Not Use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on ... by dsfyu404ed on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:58AM (#12461332)
Once a battery starts releasing energy "more quickly than intended" it's only going to get quicker until it runs out of energy.