A
man at an electronics store in China decided to give a smartphone
battery his own litmus test by biting it. The battery ruptured and
caused a small explosion.
The moment inside the electronics shop when the phone exploded
A man who decided he needed to verify if a smartphone battery was
original, and bit it, has seen the battery blow up in his face,
according to Yahoo! Tech.
Security camera footage which captured the incident on January 19
at a store in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province of China, shows the
unidentified man biting into the iPhone battery, presumably to check its
authenticity.
The move quickly proved to be a mistake, as the battery exploded. Amazingly, the man wasn’t seriously hurt in the blast.
Taiwan News noted that it’s common for people in China to test the
authenticity of gold by biting it, which led Apple Insider to speculate
the man somehow thought he could test the authenticity of the battery
using the same technique.
Tech wizards noted that iPhone batteries don’t have much gold in
them, but they do contain a lot of toxic items that no one should
ingest.
On the rare occasions when a phone explodes, it’s often because the
“positive” and “negative” battery plates have become joined, such as if
the battery was pierced by a metal object, experts say.
They point out that lithium-ion batteries, though considered very safe, can explode if they’re overcharged.
It’s a problem associated with knock-off battery chargers and other
dubious third-party accessories that are rampant in China, which may
have explained why the man was biting the battery in the first place.
See the video below:
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