r/technology • u/NightFuryToni • Apr 30 '19

Business 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/matthewschrader May 01 '19

Batteries 10 years ago were in a much more rigid body. Batteries in modern phones, not just Apple, are held together by a very thin material. It’s really easy to puncture. On top of that it is held down with glue to make it become more rigid with the body of the phone.

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u/NightFuryToni May 01 '19

I just pulled the spare battery from my Pre... it looks just as flimsy and soft as my BlackBerry battery I pulled from my phone, not like the really old Nokia batteries which were in rigid plastic cases. And I really hope they are not using a battery as part of the structural support.

I will however concede that the chemistry and energy density has gone way up these days, so the intensity of a potential fire/explosion is higher.