Recently, there are many reports of a man biting Apple iPhone Battery, which leads to an explosion in the store. What can be the cause of such danger? Read on to find out!
Man Bites Apple iPhone Battery Causing It To Explode!
In our daily life, we have seen many people biting on objects like food or metal to see if it is real or not. However, it would not be wise to do this to any electronic devices part, especially smartphone battery. A Chinese man learned this lesson in a hard way when he tries to bite an Apple iPhone battery. Unfortunately, the battery ruptured and exploded. The Chinese guy nearly avoided the ensuing fireball by throwing the battery away immediately.
In details, Taiwan News has reported that the man was in the store to replace his iPhone battery. For now, we cannot identify the store in the video. However, we can notice that it has a “Professional screen change” billboard. After getting in, the Chinese customer started to check out the Apple iPhone battery, then taking a bite to see it is real or not. The good news is that despite the blast was close to the man’s face, no one in the store was reportedly injured.
One of the reasons can be that the faulty and counterfeit lithium-ion batteries may sometimes explode or merely overheat. However, there is also a possibility that the Chinese man has damaged the Apple iPhone battery when biting it. Previously, Apple has been under the fire for admitting that they were throttling iPhone CPUs to prevent old batteries’ random shutdowns. As the compensate, the US company offers all their customers a significant discount for the battery replacements. In details, iPhone users now only need to pay $29 instead of the standard $79 fee. As a result, there is now a large number of people deciding to have their Apple iPhone battery replace.
How to prevent your smartphone battery from exploding?
If you want to check the battery authentic, there are many ways to do that instead of biting it. Furthermore, to avoid such incidents, you should always be cautious when charging your phone. Remember not to chare them in warm places, or use any off-brand batteries in your handset. Lastly, you should choose a good charger and drop the unknown power supplies even if they are cheaper. Do you have any tips to share? Let us know with a comment!