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I have restricted internet access at work, so I can't hunt down the specific article, but I think it was on Kotaku.
Evidently the phone/charger will only smell this way when recently charged. I believe it was originally noticed in Japan, where it was becoming common practice to see people walking around, sniffing their phones. I am not making this up.
The general consensus of the article, the Japanese, and myself, is that it smells not unlike pineapple, but as you accurately guessed in your first post, it's something to do with plastics and metals heating up when they charge, and evidently the smell is not uncommon in most products that charge this way. I was able to notice it on my iPad 3, iPhone 4, Nexus 7, iPhone 5, and iPad Mini. Again, I think it's stronger if it has recently been charged.
Man, truth is really stranger than fiction. You couldn't make this stuff up.
I have restricted internet access at work, so I can't hunt down the specific article, but I think it was on Kotaku.
Evidently the phone/charger will only smell this way when recently charged. I believe it was originally noticed in Japan, where it was becoming common practice to see people walking around, sniffing their phones. I am not making this up.
The general consensus of the article, the Japanese, and myself, is that it smells not unlike pineapple, but as you accurately guessed in your first post, it's something to do with plastics and metals heating up when they charge, and evidently the smell is not uncommon in most products that charge this way. I was able to notice it on my iPad 3, iPhone 4, Nexus 7, iPhone 5, and iPad Mini. Again, I think it's stronger if it has recently been charged.
Man, truth is really stranger than fiction. You couldn't make this stuff up.
Feel free to make fun of me!
