It looks like the phone suffered the damage outside the box

Sep 30, 2016 08:44 GMT  ·  By

Photos of an iPhone 7 Plus that allegedly exploded before it got shipped to the buyer made the headlines a few hours ago, and now the poster came back with a few more details about what happened.

Redditor kroopthesnoop explained in his original post that the iPhone he received was completely destroyed, but at first glance, it looked like the device suffered the damage outside the box.

And now after posting more photos with the package, this thing becomes more obvious, as it’s hard to believe that a box would react so well when the phone inside explodes.

Additionally, it looks like the iPhone is actually real and it’s a Black Plus. Previously, it was believed that it was a Chinese clone because the device looked to be Rose Gold with a black screen, a combination that doesn’t yet exist in Apple’s lineup. The colors of the phone changed due to the fire, though, hence the red tint.

No faulty battery?

A comment posted by reddit user gotDeus might explain how the iPhone 7 ended up looking like this and it actually makes sense:

“Something poked through the package, through the box, hit the back of the phone, bent the aluminum case, damaged the battery. If anyone here doesn't know Lithium Batteries do not like being bent or punctured. There would be a big gaping hole through the back of the phone if something inside exploded out.”

In the meantime, kroopthesnoop explains that an Apple account executive was already called in for more information and a replacement phone would be shipped through AT&T.

There are no other details as to what exactly caused the phone to explode or how it ended up looking like this, but it’s very clear that it wasn’t an explosion caused by faulty batteries, but by a powerful hit from a sharp object that hit the box.

Apple is yet to come up with a statement, and looking back at similar cases, it’s hard to believe that more information would ever be provided by the company.

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