Another Apple iPhone 7 explosion caused by overheating of battery

Overheating of lithium battery

Apple said, it has begun probe into the fire caused by an Apple iPhone 7 in Australia, due to overheating of lithium battery of the iPhone.

Sharing pics of his iphone after the blast, Apple iPhone 7 customer Mat Jones said his smartphone has caused the explosion when he left his newly bought Apple iPhone 7 in his car. When he returned, his car was covered in smoke and phone was totally damaged in the blast, said the iphone user, “Ash was just coming from inside the pants, which then once you wrapped open the pants, the phone was just melting inside of it,” Jones said.

Media has reported similar incidents of recently launched Apple iphone’s catching fire, due to over-heating. But experts say, it is not clear if iphone caught fire by itself or just fell a victim due to Apple’s Lithium battery’s over heating.

If the Apple battery got over-heated it is still difficult to find real reason behind the Lithium battery’s overheating that caused the explosion.

Various conditions may cause this

There are various conditions, that may lead to over heating of the battery says experts. Apple’s major rival Samsung discontinuing its new smartphone Galaxy Note 7 after a manufacturing defect led to battery overheating causing blast of Galaxy Note 7.

As per reports, the incident is similar to recent battery issues of Samsung’s recently launched Note 7 smartphone.

Samsung was compelled to recall all the defective smartphones of its Note 7 series, causing major disgrace to the mobile company, as major airlines banned the use or charging of Samsung Note 7 aboard.