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Reports are coming out that at least 6 iPhone 8 Plus batteries grew too big for their britches.
There have been at least six separate reports of iPhone 8 Plus batteries swelling to the point of splitting open their enclosures since the phones first went on sale on Sept. 22.
Stories at MacRumors, The Next Web and 9to5mac as early as last week cited social media postings showing what appeared to be separate incidents in Japan and Taiwan where the phones had split apart because of expanding batteries.
More recently, The Guardian has reported on additional incidents in Greece, Canada and China. Taken together, it adds up to at least six cases exhibiting nearly identical symptoms.
An Apple spokesperson said the company was aware of the reports, and looking into them.
Doesn't seem like it's as bad as Samsung's issues with Note 7 batteries - but the iPhone 8 is still relatively new, so I wouldn't go selling your AAPL stock right away.
Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-8-plus-battery-swelling/
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @08:14PM (14 children)
HAHAHAHAH
HAHAHA
*takes a deep breath*
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @08:21PM (2 children)
It's an epidemic of swelling size.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Friday October 13 2017, @05:21AM (1 child)
Well that's just swell...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 13 2017, @02:00PM
Is that your iPhone 8 or are you just glad to see me?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Thursday October 12 2017, @09:03PM (10 children)
I agree entirely. Hopefully, this problem will get a LOT worse. The Apple cultists were all laughing when this happened to Samsung, so it's only fair that it now happens to them. Apple is getting exactly what they deserve.
And let this be a lesson to everyone who designs phones with sealed, non-user-replaceable batteries.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @09:29PM (1 child)
Mod parent to +5 Insightful.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @09:39PM
Duhhh we would anyway.
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Friday October 13 2017, @02:01AM (5 children)
No, the Apple cultists were laughing when the Samsung phones BURST INTO FLAMES.
Hurrah! Quoting works now!
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 13 2017, @02:14AM (4 children)
Well still, I don't understand why the Apple cultists were laughing at Samsung users after the "you're holding the phone the wrong way" reception debacle.
That should have been the first clue to ditch Apple. If I'm gonna pay 1000 bucks for a fucking phone it'd better come with its own solid-gold vibrating butt-plug or otherwise be fucking perfect, not buggy-rushed-to-production crap worthy of an Indian shoe-factory.
Also, if anybody in America is paying a grand for a fucking phone, it better be made in America where the only employees who attempt suicide are Amazon workers.
(Score: 2) by BasilBrush on Friday October 13 2017, @02:16AM
Yep, your desire for a but-plug is unsurprising.
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(Score: 1) by anubi on Friday October 13 2017, @03:55AM (2 children)
I believe Apple is selling to the same breed of people who buy Starbucks coffee, wear designer apparel, and drive expensive sports cars....
These are not necessarily needed things, rather they are symbols to publicly exhibit one has disposable income.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday October 13 2017, @04:28AM
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171006-the-psychology-behind-spending-big
My favourite example of overpriced shit is Beats (by Dre) headphones - when put through rigorous acoustic tests, they perform worse than budget (non-)brands, yet they command the highest prices.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday October 14 2017, @12:34AM
Exactly, this is why more women refuse to date men without new iPhones than the reverse.
(Score: 3, Touché) by ilsa on Friday October 13 2017, @04:31PM (1 child)
No, "Apple cultists" were not "laughing". EVERYONE was "laughing". And the only people who were genuinely laughing were random assholes. Everyone else was going, "Oh shit" or "I knew Samsung devices were crap quality but this is beyond the pale".
Stop trying to make this an apple vs android thing when it's not.
(Score: 2) by ilsa on Friday October 13 2017, @04:33PM
I do agree on the non-replaceable battery thing though. That's a trend I would very much like to see reversed.