Those batteries would "explode" if the swelling causes it to rupture membranes between the charges. Its one of the problems that happened on the samsung phone, the batteries expanded due to heating up, there was no tolerance for the expansion inside the phone causing compression of the battery and the membranes to rupture.
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Those batteries would "explode" if the swelling causes it to rupture membranes between the charges. Its one of the problems that happened on the samsung phone, the batteries expanded due to heating up, there was no tolerance for the expansion inside the phone causing compression of the battery and the membranes to rupture.
If it looks like —, and smells like —, it must be.
This is fake. Fake account and fake report and fake hysteria.
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Those regions are extremely high on sales of fake units as well as using “the best” third party (unverified) accessories such as some chargers likely causing issues.
Hence, fake report.
needs to nip this in bud & take it up with the battery manufacturer(s)
Could be fake, could be real, only time will tell. But when this started happening with the Note 7, it was met with the same skepticism.
Obviously there's issues with new devices but I truly believe most of these are fake. They are using modded wireless charging pucks, hacked cables.. swell the battery and boom. Again not saying all are fake but a good portion are from people just messing around way to much.
And yet when there were screen temperature issues serial numbers were being slung around.
7 incidents and do we know what build weeks are involved?
It is called thermal runaway.
See
[doublepost=1507575638][/doublepost]It always make me wonder when the newbie's first and only started post is this.
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This report (and your interpretation of it) is completely false. The report clearly states that the girl went into the kitchen where her iPhone was plugged in and charging. She either smelled or saw smoke, so she poured water on the iPhone while it was still plugged in and charging, without unplugging from the wall. That is what caused the iPhone to explode. Even Google Translate does a better job of understanding the article than you have posted. The iPhone did NOT blow up on it's own.
"烟很大，有没有明火没注意看。"
"她忘了去拔充电器，不过把插座的开关关掉了."
"浇完水，烟反而越来越大，越来越浓" —— can you translate these for me?
“There was a lot of smoke, but I did not pay attention to whether there was a fire”
“She forgot to unplug the charger, but she turned off the the power switch.”
“After pouring water, the smoke became more and more”
I've never said the iPhone 8 exploded by itself without charging. Even with charging, it should NOT explode as well.
You trust the Google translator; LOL as a Chinese.
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Sigh. It's always China.
My money's on it being a clone.
My money's on it being a clone.
I didn't say I trusted Google Translate, which is accurate about 30% of the time. I said that even Google Translate (as bad as it is) was more accurate than your interpretation. You said:
That is not true. The article stated the owner saw smoke, but didn't notice fire. And the iPhone had not yet exploded. That happened after she poured water on the phone while it was still plugged in, which can happen with many electronic devices if you pour water on them while they're plugged in.
I will correct the "fire" statement.
So you believe there is sequence that is:
1) smoke without fire
2) pour water
3) explode
The news mentioned that the owner turned out power switch, so your argument for explosion cannot be supported.
Moreover, if there is not explosion before she poured the water, where did the smoke comes from if the iPhone 8 is still intact? From the speaker or lightning port?
We knew the internal structure of iPhones from the iFixit. I don't believe the phone was still intact if it produces a lot of smoke.
why not:
1) explode
2) smoke without fire
3) pour water
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That's not what the article said. It did not state that the iPhone exploded before she poured water on it. And since you don't know anything about the electrical system in her home, or if the switch works, or how the switch works, you're making wild speculations.
It is interesting that Macrumors forum posted out my unfinished post.
Basically all exploding phones have always been in Asia. Where everyone has a 10 cent fake charger. Is iPhone 8 more sensitive to crappy chargers? Maybe. But in no way will I worry that my phone will explode.
Open your eyes, there are one in Canada and one in Greece.
Here is the report: http://bgr.com/2017/10/09/iphone-8-battery-swelling-incidents/
I’ve heard about exploding phones for many years. Basically always from Asia.
We’ll see about iPhone 8. But I’m not gonna make a conclusion based on n=7. That’s not great statistics.
What does that mean?
Those were swelling incidents, not exploding incidents.