Samsung India — Galaxy S4 battery swelled in just 3.5 months o[censored]sage

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Bangalore, Karnataka

I have purchased Samsung Galaxy S4 on 16th June 2013 from Samsung Smart Cafe, HSR Layout, Bangalore. Suddenly since one week, I am facing a strange issue where the phone gets restarted automatically and when it comes after the restart, it shows the battery level at 0% no matter what was the battery level it had while going for a restart. I took it to the shop from where I had purchased this phone. That guy opened the backside of the phone and found that the battery of the phone has swelled. He immediately put a blame on me that I would have charged it overnight or for long hours. But, I have genuinely never charged it beyond 1.5 hours and that too when the battery level would have reached to ~10%. I have always taken care of letting it discharge properly before putting it on charge since it helps to improve battery life. I have never used any other mobile's charger to charge my phone and have been using the one which came up with the phone. In short I have taken care of my phone like a baby. Still if the battery gets swelled in such a short time span, it is really not acceptable for such a high range phone. I want this issue to be taken care in the warranty and want a replacement of my battery without having a blame on me to not handling my phone properly.