[jchw]

All we know is that there's one incident, and now there is a recall. If there was no endemic issue, there should not reasonably be a recall; there's been handfuls of stories about iPhones burning up that have not ended up resulting in recalls, presumably because they're isolated issues.

I don't actually know how many Note 7's burnt up before they recalled, but I don't think it was ever very many. The main difference in this case is whatever issue exists, it was relatively benign for at least four years, which I agree hints that the issue is far less severe. But of course, no less dangerous.