Battery expansion problem broke out on iPhone 8 Plus, Apple began survey

An example of "iPhone 8 Plus battery expanded enough to lift display" occurred in Japan and Taiwan. Apple is already investigating battery problems related to the iPhone 8 series.

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Taiwanese Wu who purchased Apple's iPhone 8 Plus on September 23, 2017 noticed that the iPhone 8 Plus display began to float.


The cause proved that the lithium ion battery pack expanded and pushed out the display. In the afternoon of 26th September, Mr. Wu who realized the incident while charging the iPhone 8 Plus said that he immediately stopped charging.


iPhone 8 Plus states that it was charged up to 70%, Wu used genuine Apple's AC adapter. The terminal has already been collected by Apple.


In the same way with Wu, there are people who faced the problem of battery expansion of iPhone 8 Plus even in Japan.SincerityAccording to Mr. Mike, the iPhone 8 Plus has already started to inflate as soon as it is opened.

I received iPhone 8 plus, when I opened it was already inflatedpic.twitter.com/eX3XprSzqv

- Magokoro (@ Magokoro 0511)September 24, 2017

IPhone 8 Plus which will gradually increase the degree of expansion.

The iPhone is swollen yesterday.
Apple, come and collect it soon!pic.twitter.com/sRx6orgxi6

- Magokoro (@ Magokoro 0511)September 25, 2017

Because there is a danger of explosion, Magokoro expands iPhone 8 Plus in a pot.

Expansion of the battery is bad, so keep it in a pot. Ah, I'm laughing wpic.twitter.com/EuNWGKKtqb

- Magokoro (@ Magokoro 0511)September 25, 2017

It was decided that we could exchange it safely.

We are supposed to be returned or exchanged, we will be waiting for new terminals to arrive.
I will receive a new terminal and this nice terminal in exchange.

- Magokoro (@ Magokoro 0511)September 26, 2017

Apple is investigating the battery expansion problem of the iPhone 8 Plus. Accidents caused by inflammation of lithium-ion batteries on smartphones, ignition and explosion occurred not only on iPhones but also on smartphones in general, and in Samsung's Galaxy Note 7Bringing in the cabin is prohibitedOr,A countermeasure patch not distributing full charge was distributedAt the end of the development, it has evolved into a situation where it is recalled.

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There are only two cases of battery expansion accident in iPhone 8 Plus in Japan / Taiwan at the time of article creation, but it seems to be waiting for Apple's announcement whether there was no problem in smartphone assembly process and battery manufacturing process etc.

◆ 2017/10/07 additions
Expansion accident of battery of iPhone 8 Plus in China was also discovered. As in Japan's case, expansion started already at the time of opening, it means that it was in an unusable state.


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http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1814365

It is natural that the number of defective accidents will also increase because of the iPhone sold in mass quantities all over the world, but it is pointed out that the failure rate of lithium batteries is higher than the conventional products. Apple has not announced an official announcement on battery problems related to the iPhone 8 Plus at the time of addition writing.