Gareth Clear was bike in Sydney this preceding weekend with his new iPhone 6 riding shotgun in his back pocket . After taking a “ minor autumn , ” the 36 - year - old cyclist says his iPhone blow up in his back scoop , melting aside his biking shorts and cause third degree burns . Clear finally needed surgery and a skin - transplant .
[ Note : This next trope is a little gnarly , so close up your eyes and keep scrolling if burned flesh weirds you out . ]
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That looks very painful .
Here ’s how Clear describes the incident toThe Sydney Morning Herald :
“ I just see smoke hail out of my back sack … and then all of a sudden I felt this surging pain in the neck , ” he said , adding that he felt a “ searing heat energy ” as the phone burnt through his riding shorts in a affair of seconds .
“ I just think look at my ramification and I had this black discharge all down my leg and this smell of phosphorus , ” he said .
While you ’d think phones would get effective at not being explosive death hazards , the compounding of slimmer devices pair with consumers ’ need for longer last shelling can still contribute to dangerous contraption . After all , atomic number 3 ion battery stop a inflammable liquidness that not only explode but explodesspectacularly . If you ’re an unfortunate soul like Gareth Clear ( or anyone that’sever possess a hoverboard ) , then you could be on the receiving end of a skin - sear explosion .
There have been several instances of iPhones burst in the past tense , include one nightmare scenario where oneburst into flames on a planeearlier this year . But the example are relatively few and far between and have largely involved older iPhone models . The Herald report that Australia only sees one or two phone explosion reports a year .
According to The Herald , Apple is in contact with Clear about the incident . No word yet whether the very robust society will be picking up the hospital bill .
[ The Sydney Morning Herald ]
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