[Swordmaker]

The hyperbolic headline is pure clickbait FUD. Actually the first spontaneous fire in an iPhone 7 is not a case for a massive recall. The first fire the headline is referencing occurred when an iPhone 7 was severely damaged in shipping, impacting the Lithium Ion battery inside the iPhone, a known cause of any Lithium Ion battery fire failures. The box that iPhone was shipped in looked as if it had been crushed and penetrated by a massive force. It was anything but spontaneous.

This is the first FUD article of FUD Season, which occurs during the three weeks around any Apple product announcement or major Apple event. A major Apple product announcement is schedules for next week when Apple will be unveiling their new Macs. Ergo, Fed Season.

[Talisker]

Who’s the moron with the big bow on her head?

[fella]

It’s a backdoor hardware attack by the NORKS working in those ChiCom factories.

[Swordmaker]

An Apple iPhone 7 has apparently spontaneously burst into flame inside a car in Australia. . . but that is no excuse for the hyperbolic headline hinting a massive recall in the vein of Samsung's Note 7 recall. There are already tens of millions of the iPhone 7 and 7 plus on the market and in reality only ONE has allegedly spontaneously burst into flame. The other referred to in the headline was one that had been so damaged in shipping that the iPhone inside the shipping box had been penetrated by some object that had penetrated the battery and Lithium Ion batteries WILL catch fire when so damaged. . . it's the nature of the beasts. It was not a spontaneous fire, unless you count hitting it with a Mack truck spontaneous. — PING!

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Damaged Box from First iPhone 7 Fire.
Apple iPhone 7 allegedly caught fire in Australia
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[arl295]

Can Apple make a product that does NOT catch on fire and kill people?

Jeez, how hard is that to do?

[D Rider]

Is this the waterproof iphone? If it is the solution is simple, keep it in a bowl of water in the car. ;)

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

...Actually the first spontaneous fire in an iPhone 7 is not a case for a massive recall...

It depends upon whether the LIPO batteries installed in the phone have a protection circuit or not.

Protection circuits add cost to the production of LIPO batteries. One way to reduce production costs is to eliminate the PCB from the batteries.

The downside to this is that batteries burst into flames.

[montag813]

The surfer is an idiot. Leaving a phone in a likely hot car, covered by clothing so it can’t vent? Everyone knows smartphones heat up in such circumstances. Makes me wonder if the Note 7 fires happened the same way.

[McGruff]

Bwah!

[VaRepublican]

ping

[killermosquito]

Batteries can get really hot. I was at Disney World with several spare batteries in my pocket for my Walkman. During the day each time I would buy something i would through the change in the same pocket. At lunch I sat down and found my leg on fire. The batteries were too hot to touch and the plastic had melted off of them.