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iPhone catches fire in student's pants

Interesting... Well your not suppose to sit on it I would be scared to sit on it in the first place. And I think its fine to give a middle school student an iPhone.
 
Apple fanboy said:
What's middle school?
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In the US, usually grades 7 and 8, sometimes 6 through 8.

Elementary = K through 5 or 6
Middle School or Jr. High = 6,7,8 or 7,8 (depends on where)
High School or Sr. High = 9,10,11,12.

There's a lot of variations between districts and districts sometimes reshuffle as necessary (usually grade 6 gets moved) as school capacities change.

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I'm surprised anyone would put their PHONE in a back pocket! That's just asking to bend it or crack the screen.

Also, personally anything in my back pockets is extremely annoying when I sit down, and can easily be pick-pocketed; I've always used my side pockets for my wallet, phone and keys.

And yeah, Li-Po batteries have a habit of exploding or catching fire when bent. Search "lithium battery fire" on YouTube. Hours of entertainment. Okay, minutes. 🙂
 
Most likely the top reasons why the students iPhone caught on fire:

- Used 3rd party charger
- Used 3rd party cable
- Used 3rd party battery
- Used 3rd party component in the unit [This can be anything]

and given that lots of people buy used items, it is also possible that the user has no idea about the 3rd party parts in/with her unit as lots of people are not knowledgable regarding this fact.

I have seen up close quality of the 3rd party chargers, cables, batteries and even iPhone screens. Ever since a incident in our family we have never gone with anything 3rd party, I even recommend people to just go get things from apple regardless of what it is because all the items have not been inspected and/or passed safety standards.

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zorinlynx said:
And yeah, Li-Po batteries have a habit of exploding or catching fire when bent. Search "lithium battery fire" on YouTube. Hours of entertainment. Okay, minutes. 🙂
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Given the # of bent units we have seen since iPhone 5, we have yet to see a report of any catching fire. Its most likely due to usage of 3rd party parts/components
 
Samunlocks.net said:
Most likely the top reasons why the students iPhone caught on fire:

- Used 3rd party charger
- Used 3rd party cable
- Used 3rd party battery
- Used 3rd party component in the unit [This can be anything]

and given that lots of people buy used items, it is also possible that the user has no idea about the 3rd party parts in/with her unit as lots of people are not knowledgable regarding this fact.

I have seen up close quality of the 3rd party chargers, cables, batteries and even iPhone screens. Ever since a incident in our family we have never gone with anything 3rd party, I even recommend people to just go get things from apple regardless of what it is because all the items have not been inspected and/or passed safety standards.

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Given the # of bent units we have seen since iPhone 5, we have yet to see a report of any catching fire. Its most likely due to usage of 3rd party parts/components
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I agree, this is the case 99% of the time, but you will still here the trolls screaming Apple makes dangerous products.
 
To me thus us not a substantiated iPhone issue. Is there a possibility the battery was replaced with an after-market battery? Or the iPhone was previously damaged? Or an after-market charger was used that damaged the electronics?
 
Come on all. There are plenty of threads on here that prove the phone bent itself creating the issue. A clear manufacturing defect. Sitting on it was merely coincidence.

🙄
 
I'm not sure since you weren't there and didn't do a forensic analysis on the phone how you could possibly know that.
 
Apple fanboy said:
What's middle school?
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The one between the two end schools, silly!😛

I know I shouldn't, but the image of some kid with her butt on fire from sitting on her phone made me laugh.

I know, it's a serious thing...and I'm embarrassed that I laughed, but putting your iPhone in your back pocket is...ah...not so smart.🙄
 
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