also earlier on this spring, an iphone 5 charger exploded and almost burnt the house http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2013032016805849_du.shtml person was in sleep while the charger exploded. lucky he woke up because of the noise of the explosition.
I'm surprised you guys hadn't heard about the young girl who received 2nd and 3rd degree burns from a exploding Samsung S3 phone here in Switzerland last week.
Maybe it's time for all of us to start carrying one of these with us;
That's why airlines and the TSA are getting antsier and antsier about rechargable lithium ion batteries...
So my local station has been running this headline like every hour today, unbelievable.
IPHONE 5 ELECTROCUTES OWNER, LITTLE DID SHE KNOW IT WOULD BE HER LAST CALL,and other such sensational quips, and then the video goes on to fear-monger and give "tips" so as to not let your iPhone kill you. Pretty disgusting how easily Apple gets negative PR.
That's why airlines and the TSA are getting antsier and antsier about rechargable lithium ion batteries...
I hope someone eventually finds a material that allows capacitors to have similar energy density as lithium-ion. Then the stored energy wouldn't involve a chemical reaction:
I hope someone eventually finds a material that allows capacitors to have similar energy density as lithium-ion. Then the stored energy wouldn't involve a chemical reaction:
But when you push too much juice into a capacitor it explodes like a firecracker. The bigger the capacitor, the bigger the boom. A capacitor big enough to act as a battery for a smartphone would have enough explosive power to blow off fingers and rip flesh from limbs.
I think I'd rather take my chances with a burning Li-Ion cell than an exploding capacitor. The former is progressive, providing at least a limited opportunity to mitigate the harm. An explosion is over before you can do anything about it.
Just read the news this morning and its clear that the cause of death was not the result of a fault in Apple's product but because she was using an iPhone charger that was a copy and not original.
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Originally Posted by Relic
I'm surprised you guys hadn't heard about the young girl who received 2nd and 3rd degree burns from a exploding Samsung S3 phone here in Switzerland last week.
Maybe it's time for all of us to start carrying one of these with us;
That's why airlines and the TSA are getting antsier and antsier about rechargable lithium ion batteries...
So my local station has been running this headline like every hour today, unbelievable.
IPHONE 5 ELECTROCUTES OWNER, LITTLE DID SHE KNOW IT WOULD BE HER LAST CALL,and other such sensational quips, and then the video goes on to fear-monger and give "tips" so as to not let your iPhone kill you. Pretty disgusting how easily Apple gets negative PR.
I hope someone eventually finds a material that allows capacitors to have similar energy density as lithium-ion. Then the stored energy wouldn't involve a chemical reaction:
http://gigaom.com/2011/03/16/tesla-ceo-id-bet-on-capacitors-over-batteries/
Much more charge cycles and safer. The only thing lacking is energy density but they should be able to sort that out with the right material:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/a-new-nanorod-capacitor-has-high-energy-and-high-power-density
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Originally Posted by Marvin
I hope someone eventually finds a material that allows capacitors to have similar energy density as lithium-ion. Then the stored energy wouldn't involve a chemical reaction:
But when you push too much juice into a capacitor it explodes like a firecracker. The bigger the capacitor, the bigger the boom. A capacitor big enough to act as a battery for a smartphone would have enough explosive power to blow off fingers and rip flesh from limbs.
I think I'd rather take my chances with a burning Li-Ion cell than an exploding capacitor. The former is progressive, providing at least a limited opportunity to mitigate the harm. An explosion is over before you can do anything about it.
It looks like another rumor site is reporting that it was a knock-off charger. Also, it was an iPhone 4.
They said the phone still works!?! Wouldn't that mean that the shock didn't go through the phone? I would guess so...
Apple presenting new i-phone it was truly amaze many new moderately rebuilt and lot,s of feature are added.