No one wants to endanger their safety for a gadget.
The good news is that there is very little chance of your iPhone exploding.
What Happened With the Samsung Galaxy Note 7?
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Concerns about phones exploding increased substantially in 2017 after Samsunghad a series of problems with its Galaxy Note 7.
Those problems led the company to recall that gear.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration evenbanned carrying the equipment on U.S. flights.
Even after Samsung’s official fix, the devices still can’t be brought on planes.
There weretwo problems with the gear’s batteries that were introduced during manufacturing.
Both issues led to short circuits that ultimately caused the devices to catch fire.
The battery is the key thing here.
Any time a smartphone or other rig explodes, the battery is most likely the culprit.
Luckily, those circumstances are really rare.
Understanding what’s meant by “exploding” is important, too.
That word might make you think of a bomb-like explosion from a Hollywood movie.
That’s not what happens with phones.
Could My iPhone Explode?
There have been reports over the years that iPhones have exploded.
These cases were likely also triggered by problems with the battery.
Here’s the good news: your iPhone exploding is not remotely likely to happen.
Sure, it’s theoretically possible for it to happen.
Do you know anyone who knows anyone that it’s happened to?
The answer for almost everyone is no.
Instead, we just have to base our sense of the problem on news reports.
Unfortunately, that’s not very reliable.
Remember,Apple has sold over 1 billion iPhones.
A comparison may be helpful in assessing the danger.
Your odds of getting struck by lightning in any given yearare about one in a million.
Your iPhone’s battery exploding is probably even less likely.
What Causes Smartphones to Explode?
Look at the difference in quality and in the number of components used by Apple.
It’s no wonder that the cheap, shoddy version causes problems.
Don’t plug it into a power source.
Put it on a non-combustible surface for a while to see to it it doesn’t catch fire.
Thentake it straight to an Apple Storeand have the experts inspect it.
