After Xiaomi smartphones, now it’s iPhone 6. This iPhone 6 explosion cause an Australian man a third-degree burn. So, be careful with your smartphone. Because it can explode anytime, even when there is just a small impact. 

iPhone 6 explosion caused a man third-degree burn

Smartphone explosions are now becoming frequently things. Recently, we have heard many smartphone explosions. Xiaomi Mi 4i and Xiaomi Mi 5 are some examples. And now, it’s iPhone 6 turn. An iPhone 6 has just exploded in Australia. However, the difference between these cases is that there was no damage in Xiaomi case, but the phones. In this iPhone case, an Australian man- Gareth Clear- has suffered a third-degree burn.

This 36-year-old man got this wound from a minor bike fall. On Sunday afternoon, Clear had fallen off the bike when his left foot missed the pedal. There’s nothing much to say if he just got a few scratches from the fall. The noticeable thing is that his iPhone 6 started melting through his right back pocket. And the phone stuck to his right thigh skin. So, he had a third-degree burn and had to undergo an operation of skin graft.

Clear’s iPhone 6 was bought from an Apple Store and wasn’t been through any adjustments or modifications. So, what’s the problem. The answer is the lithium-ion battery. It was just a minor drop which makes the lithium-ion battery catch fire. The point is this kind of the battery is very easy to be influenced by impact, electrical short-circuits, and even the heat.

iPhone 6 explosion: a wake-up call

Even though the studies had shown that in the ten million lithium-ion batteries, there is just one of them fails. So, the probability is very small. However, more than a billion smartphones shipped every day. And this means there will be more this kind of accidents. So, the accident of Clear is just like a wake up call. Be carefull with your smartphone, or you’ll get hurt.