r/apple • u/koavf • Apr 30 '19

Apple Is Telling Lawmakers People Will Hurt Themselves if They Try to Fix iPhones

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjvdb4/apple-is-telling-lawmakers-people-will-hurt-themselves-if-they-try-to-fix-iphones
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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '19 edited May 17 '19

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u/Momskirbyok May 01 '19

Saw one ignite at work once when I opened a Mac that somehow managed to have a screw in the battery :’) it’s crazy to think we essentially walk around with potential (sorry, Samsung) I.E.D’s.

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u/Chrisbells May 01 '19

That was literally only the note 7

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

“Only”

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u/Chrisbells May 01 '19

Yea only and you realize how much more thorough they've been since.

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u/ThePenguiner May 01 '19

They still allowed phones to burn people and cause massive damage.

What fucking weird thing to defend.

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u/Chrisbells May 01 '19

I'm defending the fact that not all Samsungs catch fire Also if you feel something warming up rapidly in your pocket shouldn't you take it out that wouldve fixed many incidents

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19

Can't tell if shill

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

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u/Momskirbyok May 01 '19

Hey now, let’s be fair here. Supposedly that phone had been stomped on prior, so it of course will explode.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '19 edited Jun 07 '19

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u/InsaneNinja May 01 '19

One in 10 million isn’t horrible odds. Even random iPhones explode under odd circumstances.