Here is a broader perspective on the car fire that was recently discussed on
this list. It may or may not have been caused by the iPhone. And even if it
was, the note 7 and this case are not similar. Sorry, Gary.
Mary
Apple investigating iPhone 7 that set car on fire, spurious comparisons with
Note 7 being made
9to5Mac / Ben Lovejoy
An Australian surfing instructor has told 7 News that an iPhone 7 left in a car
caught fire, destroying the vehicle.
Mat Jones says he had left the phone under clothes in his car while taking a
surf lesson. When he returned, he was shocked to discover the vehicle filled
with smoke.
It hasn’t yet been confirmed that the phone was the cause of the fire: Apple
says that it is aware of the incident and is investigating.
Some commentators are drawing the inevitable but spurious comparisons with
Samsung’s Note 7 fires …
As we’ve recently noted, every piece of technology has a failure rate, and when
lithium batteries fail, they can do so in spectacular fashion: a very rapid,
intense fire known as a ‘thermal runaway.’
That there have been a number of iPhone fires over the years is in no way
surprising. The overall failure rate of lithium batteries is around 1 in 10
million. When you have a billion active iOS devices, you’d expect around 100 of
them to catch fire, so a handful of isolated cases is not evidence of any issue
specific to the iPhone.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, in contrast, notched-up 94 known fires in the space of
just a few weeks with only 4-5M devices out there. And lest anyone think I’m
giving Apple an easy ride, I’d note that I used the same stats to caution
against jumping to immediate conclusions when there was just a single case of a
fire in a replacement Note 7.
Via Gizmodo
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Original Article: http://9to5mac.com/2016/10/21/iphone-7-car-fire-surfer/
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