It looks like Apple has joined the ‘exploding phone’ gang as there are claims that an iPhone 7 Plus blew up, following the posting of a video and photos of the destroyed smartphone on Twitter.
An American teen, Brianna Olivas, said that her rose gold iPhone 7 Plus started smoking right before it exploded yesterday. She shared a video on Twitter which showed smoke coming out from the side of the phone. The smoke first melted the case of the phone and then the phone exploded.
So my IPhone 7 plus blew up this morning was not even using it, literally no explanation for this pic.twitter.com/sQ8CJt4Y69
— Bree✨ (@briannaolivas_) 23 February 2017
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According to her, a couple of days ago she was having trouble to turn her iPhone on. She took it to the Apple Store where the staff ran some tests on iPhone and it started working normally again. Then the next day, the iPhone started smoking on the dresser. She was not even using the phone at that time, nor was it on charging. Her boyfriend recorded it with his camera and then immediately threw the iPhone in the restroom where it exploded.
No one exactly knows what caused the fire as an Apple spokesperson told Mashable they are looking into it. But I guess it could have been caused by the high capacity lithium ion battery just like the Samsung Note 7.
Apparently, Apple has more exploding-iPhone issues to deal with as there have been other reports of iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 6 Plus catching fire over the last few weeks. According to unconfirmed reports from GizmoChina, an iPhone 7 exploded while the owner was using the smartphone to record a video.
We hope to hear an official statement from Apple concerning this issue soon.