First iPhone 8 exploded

[airman2017]

What does that mean?

Those were swelling incidents, not exploding incidents.

Your quotation is different from my final post No.43. It is exactly the one I drafted but didn't post out.

Explosion may or may not produce fire and sparks. If the battery has bulged out, it may already explode internally.

We don't know how fast the process was. My statement may not be accurate, but never be wrong.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Still usable, just a bit of glass missing, fake news.

Seriously though, ouch lol.

 

[GGJstudios]

Your quotation is different from my final post No.43. It is exactly the one I drafted but didn't post out.

Explosion may or may not produce fire and sparks. If the battery has bulged out, it may already explode internally.

First, any electronic device, including a iPhone, can certainly produce smoke without catching fire or exploding. If a battery has bulged, that does not mean it has exploded. Swelling and exploding are two different things. Samsung phones would have never been banned from airplanes if their batteries only swelled, but never exploded.

My statement may not be accurate, but never be wrong.

Inaccurate = wrong.

 

[gnasher729]

How in the world do you know someone didn't put a blowtorch to the device? People put them in blenders to test their toughness. There is ZERO evidence the battery blew up. So before you start rattling around insults, why don't you ask the obvious question, "could this be fake?"

To be fair, people (like the CEO of BlendTec) put them into blenders to demonstrate how tough their blenders are
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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.

You'd have to be a total moron to put water on anything that is plugged into the wall. Sorry, girl, don't blame Apple, blame your education.

 

[_Refurbished_]

The phone the OP is showing us is an 8

What’s your point?

You told him that the issue is only related to the 8, but clearly both models are affected.

 

[Simacca]

Where are the burn/scorch marks? Looks like it’s been smashed on purpose.

 

[MrX8503]

Now apple can't make fun of note 7.

Weren't there like 50 Note 7 explosions? Replacements were also exploding. So not the same thing.

 

[pat500000]

Weren't there like 50 Note 7 explosions? Replacements were also exploding. So not the same thing.

Doesn't matter how many there were. It happened. That's the point.

 

[MrX8503]

Doesn't matter how many there were. It happened. That's the point.

Actually it does. It's the difference between being banned from sale and not.

 

[pat500000]

Actually it does. It's the difference between being banned from sale and not.

We'll see. If more cases are occurring then safety protocol might be issued. These incidents just happened recently. For now, the incident occurred internationally not domestically.

 

[iamMacPerson]

Something doesn't seem right here. First, the display is bowing in and it looks like the center frame is as well. It looks like whatever damaged the phone sustained was to the wireless charger. The battery would have pushed on the weakest component, which is the display.

 

[rafark]

Something doesn't seem right here. First, the display is bowing in and it looks like the center frame is as well. It looks like whatever damaged the phone sustained was to the wireless charger. The battery would have pushed on the weakest component, which is the display.

That's the worrying part. If my phone were ever to explode I wouldn't want it to explode me straight in the face or ears.

 

[geoff5093]

and some people believe anything

And some people refuse to believe anything that may make Apple look bad.

 

[flat five]

That phone doesn’t have any regulatory information on it. Do the Chinese iPhones have that on the back of them?

the phones simply say iPhone on them now..
a picture of the iPhone 8 via ifixit:

 

[dotnet]

I'm going out on a limb here, but this does not look like a battery failure to me. It looks like the inductive charging coil is burnt out. Did they put the phone in the microwave?

EDIT Also, look at the deformation of the case. In a typical battery failure scenario the display lid and case bend away from each other, not both together in the same direction. This looks like it has been folded over the edge of the kitchen bench.

 

[Yankee512]

Looks fine to me! That is FAST CHARGING for sure!

Just kidding. This make like 3 iPhones now that had a battery problem.

We do not know if the battery was damaged by accident or deliberately to cause this. There are many who would do anything to hurt Apple's reputation. Could have been a Samsung employee.

Actually makes 7.

 

[rafark]

If the wireless charger is the one causing the explosion does that mean we'll be at risk using wireless chargers?

 

[pat500000]

Why is this happening internationally? Fake phones?

 

[Yankee512]

Weren't there like 50 Note 7 explosions? Replacements were also exploding. So not the same thing.

Actually it is the same thing. This is starting exactly how the Note 7 started.

 

[Allyance]

Something doesn't seem right here. First, the display is bowing in and it looks like the center frame is as well. It looks like whatever damaged the phone sustained was to the wireless charger. The battery would have pushed on the weakest component, which is the display.

I agree, looks like phone sustained a blow from the front, and was not on a flat surface which allowed the frame and screen to bend inwards. if this was a result of battery swelling, then pressure would be in all directions. All the other phones acted in this manner, causing phone to separate and fail along the weakest link.

 

[Packers1958]

Is that an iPhone 8 exploding in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?

 

[flat five]

I'm going out on a limb here, but this does not look like a battery failure to me. It looks like the inductive charging coil is burnt out. Did they put the phone in the microwave?

EDIT Also, look at the deformation of the case. In a typical battery failure scenario the display lid and case bend away from each other, not both together in the same direction. This looks like it has been folded over the edge of the kitchen bench.

the screen & casing could of bowed away from each other at first then once the battery was gone, the screen flexed back to the position in the pics..

this samsung looks to be in a similar position:



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that said, all of the samsung pictures i've seen have the black residue which makes it more obvious of an explosion/fire/smoke occurring.. the iPhone picture in this thread is strangely lacking in that area.

 

[AppleZombie]

This is horse crap...probably some bootleg iPhone. Wireless charged my 8 every night since the day I received it, never over heated or felt like it was heating up like the 6. If its true even better, Apple will offer us 8 owner a steep discount on the X

 

[iamMacPerson]

the screen & casing could of bowed away from each other at first then once the battery was gone, the screen flexed back to the position in the pics..

this samsung looks to be in a similar position:

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that said, all of the samsung pictures i've seen have the black residue which makes it more obvious of an explosion/fire/smoke occurring.. the iPhone picture in this thread is strangely lacking in that area.

I concur with the lack of any charing. It looks to me like the black thing exposed is actually the wireless charging coil. I see no evidence of fire, and a Li-Ion battery wouldn't explode (not expand, but actually explode) without releasing flames. If it just expanded, the screen would bust open or off, like that one claim where the user was unboxing the phone and greeted with the screen almost completely off.

Also remember the battery in the iPhone is not center, but off the right, below the rear facing camera. Most of this damage seems to be centered in the phone, or off to the left (where that piece of the frame came off).

To me, it looks like the phone got nailed with something dead in the center of the front of the display. The battery may have expanded, but there is no way an expanded battery would do all this. The screws and adhesive that hold the screen down would have given way first. I wanna see some pictures of the front before I make any final conclusion, but to me it looks to be false.

 

[hank moody]

Apple needs to investigate this ASAP.
It is starting to look really bad...