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airman2017

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It happened on Oct 9 in China. iPhone 8, a new explosive device after Samsung S7? Time will tell.

Here is the original link for the news (from a Chinese Apple fan website):
http://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-11468262.html

BGR reports there are seven battery swelling incidents from Japan, Taiwan, China, Canada, Greece, and Hong Kong ~
http://bgr.com/2017/10/09/iphone-8-battery-swelling-incidents/


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Only used for two days based on the news. I don't think there was any modification.

After iPhone 8 exploded and produced a lot of smoke, the owner pour the water on it. Good thing she killed the power source before she did it.
[doublepost=1507572777][/doublepost]I have been a macrumor website visitor for many years and registered once. Unfortunately, my account is lost.

Here is the original link for the news (from Apple fan website):

http://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-11468262.html



Mlrollin91 said:
Yeah okay. Newbie, first post and only photos. Not suspicious. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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pat500000 said:
Wth?! :eek: Did they modify it or anything? I'm thinking there were pressures within to cause this. Now apple can't make fun of note 7.
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Where did you find this link?
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http://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-11468262.html
 
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airman2017 said:
Only used for two days based on the news. I don't think there was any modification.

After iPhone 8 exploded and caught fire, the owner pour the water on it. Good thing she killed the power source before she did it.
[doublepost=1507572777][/doublepost]I have been a macrumor website visitor for many years and registered once. Unfortunately, my account is lost.

Here is the original link for the news (from Apple fan website):

http://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-11468262.html




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http://bbs.feng.com/read-htm-tid-11468262.html
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Yeah, I have no way to verify that website, its not in English.
 
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airman2017 said:
It happened on Oct 9 in China. iPhone 8, a new explosive device after Samsung S7?


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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.
 
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airman2017 said:
I cannot verify it as well. But I can understand what they say.

Both you and I cannot verify any news unless we are reporters.
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Regardless, there are a lot of unanswered questions about this device. We don't know all the variables or even know what caused this phone to explode in the first place. Until Apple verifies anything, we can all speculate.
 
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entraik said:
What's there to be suspicious of? Are you legally blind?? Because I clearly see an iPhone 8 with a glass back that has exploded. Some people and their distortion of reality! My god!
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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?"
 
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All these reports are coming from China, it's probably a local problem, with a few units. Nothing to worry here, unless we start seeing lots of reports coming from multiple countries.
 
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ssrij said:
All these reports are coming from China, it's probably a local problem, with a few units. Nothing to worry here, unless we start seeing lots of reports coming from multiple countries.
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I believe all incidents are from Asian regions, e.g., Japan, Hongkong, Taiwan, and China. Any other regions?

Maybe they have different internal specs from other regions?
 
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ssrij said:
All these reports are coming from China, it's probably a local problem, with a few units. Nothing to worry here, unless we start seeing lots of reports coming from multiple countries.
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BGR reports there are seven incidents from Japan, Taiwan, China, Canada, Greece, and Hong Kong ~

http://bgr.com/2017/10/09/iphone-8-battery-swelling-incidents/
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sniffies said:
Any evidence of iPhone explosion in a Western country or something?
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BGR reports there are seven incidents from Japan, Taiwan, China, Canada, Greece, and Hong Kong ~

http://bgr.com/2017/10/09/iphone-8-battery-swelling-incidents/
 
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What's there to be suspicious of? Are you legally blind?? Because I clearly see an iPhone 8 with a glass back that has exploded. Some people and their distortion of reality! My god!
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So you accept anything you can see? LOL!

Some do not know what reality is, sometimes it is more than meets the eye!
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I'm going to stop using my 8+ now
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It is not the 8+ only the 8.
 
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