On Tuesday, an iPhone cell phone battery explosion took place in an Apple retail store in Zurich, Switzerland. The battery exploded in the hands of a clerk, injured his arm and injured one person. Seven people were admitted to hospital and more than 50 were hospitalized. evacuation.
According to the latest news from foreign media, there was another apple cell phone explosion in a retail store in Spain on Wednesday.
The causes of the current accident is not yet clear, the parties have not disclosed what happened on the iPhone is a model.
Two consecutive iPhone battery explosion accident
According to the Spanish tech news site AppleInsider quoted Spanish media reports, the incident occurred in Valencia on Wednesday. During the repair process, the Apple cell phone battery exploded, the entire retail store is full of smoke. All emergency evacuation.
It was reported that the explosion occurred at half past one pm, local fire brigade and police sent personnel to the scene, but did not fire, the fire may not be serious. There is no report of casualties.
At a bombing in Zurich, Switzerland, an employee at Apple's retail store was injured and seven were taken to hospital for inhalation of noxious gases, when more than 50 people in the retail store were evacuated.
It is learned that when a retail store staff removed the battery from the user's iPhone, the battery exploded in his hand, his arm was injured.
iPhone burst more than a few accidents
The cause of the accident is not yet clear, the parties have not disclosed what is a cell phone accident iPhone earlier cell phone batteries have appeared in the iPhone worrying quality problems.
Last September 24, a Japanese netizen in Twitter po a few photos show that he just got the hand opened the iPhone 8 Plus phone burst into two halves, because the cell phone battery bending deformation, propped up the phone screen .
Coincidentally, a girl from China Taiwan who purchased a 64GB memory version of the iPhone 8 Plus also disclosed to the media that her cellphone had a similar screen crack in no time in a few days, when she only charged 5 Minutes only.
According to statistics, as of October 6, 2017, a total of more than a dozen users from around the world broke the screen explosion of the new iPhone, of which 6 have been verified by the local media.
Jeff, chief executive of research institute Cairn Energy Research, said at the time that it was unclear whether the six bursts were a separate incident by accident or whether there was a more serious problem with battery quality or machine design.
Replacing the battery has increased dramatically and the accident rate has increased
According to foreign media analysis, the occurrence of two Apple cell phone battery explosion, most likely and Apple recently announced the replacement price of battery service related.
Faced with a strong protest from consumers after a deceleration gate scandal in the world, Apple officially apologized and announced a two-thirds reduction in the price of replacing old batteries with lithium batteries.In recent days, many consumers went to Apple retail stores, Requiring replacement of batteries The increase in replacement workload has also increased the likelihood of battery accidents in retail stores.
In China, there are also some cities in the iPhone battery inventory emergency phenomenon.After-sales service outlets in Nanjing, the staff told reporters: 'iPhone 6 and iPhone6s batteries are currently out of stock, you need to wait for around 3 working days to match. The staff said that since the official release of battery price information, to replace the battery increased significantly.
The smart phone lithium battery is a relatively delicate and fragile parts, in the operation of a little careless, will cause burning and explosion.Apple cell phone battery explosion, there is no sign of expansion, remains to be seen.
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Apple 'speed gate' class action lawsuit increased to 26
According to foreign media reports on the 7th, because delaying the old iPhone mobile phone performance caused by the 'decelerating gate' is still fermenting, the United States Apple has been facing more than 26 class actions worldwide .According to court records show that currently in the United States Apple is facing 24 "speed gate" class action lawsuit.At the same time in Israel and France, Apple has also been prosecuted.
Many lawsuits require Apple to compensate all users affected by the 'speed gate', provide free battery replacement services, and refund the user who just purchased a new iPhone for the best performance experience.At the same time also requires Apple iOS system Add instructions to explain how to prevent performance degradation by changing the battery.
