Apple watch catches fire

Quartz · 6 Oct 2022 at 00:44

WCCFTech article here. Lots of smoke! The video embedded in the article contains swearies but does not autoplay.

I'm guessing that inside the watch is a lithium battery which is misbehaving.

ChrisD. · 6 Oct 2022 at 07:44

Did he strap a Samsung phone to his wrist?

Terminal_Boy · 6 Oct 2022 at 08:01

Sounds like both the battery and battery protection failed, allowing a rapid discharge which vented the battery.

Seen swollen batteries on very old iPhones before, but all the burnt out ones I heard about in the U.K. were down to 3rd party battery replacements executed poorly and/or using shonky copy batteries.

ChrisD. · 6 Oct 2022 at 08:31

Terminal_Boy said:
down to 3rd party battery replacements executed poorly and/or using shonky copy batteries.

Makes you wonder why the guy didn't sign an NDA with Apple and ran to the press.

Feek · 6 Oct 2022 at 09:14

ChrisD. said:
Did he strap a Samsung phone to his wrist?

That was my first thought. Do Samsungs still come with fire extinguishers?

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Oct 2022 at 09:44

ChrisD. said:
Makes you wonder why the guy didn't sign an NDA with Apple and ran to the press.

Makes me wonder how many times Apple have asked people to sign an NDA and if this is actually a more widespread issue.

ChrisD. · 6 Oct 2022 at 09:59

Pigeon_Killer said:
Makes me wonder how many times Apple have asked people to sign an NDA and if this is actually a more widespread issue.

I'm pretty sure if Apple Watches were regularly catching fire, it would be in the national press like it was with Samsung phones, not WCCFTech which is, well, not exactly renowned for being a source of truth.