Last week we told you that two Apple Stores were evacuated after the batteries of some phones iPhone they caught fire while the employees were trying to replace them with new ones for the customers dissatisfied with the performance limitation. The Apple company has not made any statement regarding the reasons for which the batteries caught fire, but a theory regarding this appeared on the Internet yesterday.
According to a person who has changed iPhone batteries in the past, the Apple company fixes the batteries to the case using adhesive tape, which holds the batteries quite firmly after installation. In the attempt to remove the battery from this adhesive tape, there is a risk that it will bend, cause a short circuit and it will catch fire, the person who started the theory saying that he encountered problems of this kind.
In Apple Stores, Apple employees work specialized in disassembling the iPhone, but lately more people have complained that they have to work at an accelerated pace due to the very large number of people who ask for the replacement of batteries. The haste with which the demonstration and replacement of the battery is done can have the effect of damaging it, and in some cases we see fires that lead to the evacuation of Apple stores.
"According to Mr. Phan, the batteries are held in place by an adhesive strip. While trying to remove this sticky tape from one of the iPhone units he was working on, it ripped leaving the bottom part of the strip under the battery. As he worked to remove the battery from the adhesive underneath, it bent, creating a short circuit. Sparks and smoke came from the cell. Phan quickly removed the battery from the phone and doused it in water before it could explode."
Apple did not offer any explanation for last week's evacuations, but the authorities confirmed that it was the batteries of some iPhone phones that caught fire and filled the stores with toxic smoke. I don't think that Apple will ever offer an explanation, but there is no other more logical one for now and it kind of matches the chaos that is now in the repair department in Apple stores.
