iPhone battery accident happens on the Apple Store for 2 consecutive days, suspected "planned obsolescence" Is the exchange program due to performance deterioration affected?

byPaul Hudson

The accident that the battery of the smartphone ignites and explodes is occurring to such extent that it is not uncommon, but in January 2018, the accident related to the iPhone's battery occurs on the Apple Store for two consecutive days is happening .

Apple store in Zurich evacuated as phone battery overheats
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-swiss/apple-store-in-zurich-evacuated-as-phone-battery-overheats-idUSKBN1EY1GU


The first accident occurred on Tuesday, January 9, 2018. At the Apple Store in Zurich, Switzerland, when a worker tried to remove the battery to repair the iPhone, smoke was generated from the battery that was in an overheated state. A worker quickly put a quartz sand on the battery, preventing fire and explosion, but as soon as smoke expanded in the store, about 50 people and employees retreated outside the store. Workers burned their hands, and seven people were treated at the hospital.

La explosión de una batería en la tienda de Apple de Valencia moviliza a los bomberos | Las Provincias
http://www.lasprovincias.es/sucesos/explosion-bateria-tienda-apple-valencia-20180110155116-nt.html


Second iPhone battery fire in two days affects Spanish Apple store
http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/10/second-iphone-battery-fire-in-two-days-affects-spanish-apple-store

On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, in the center of Valencia, SpainApple Calle ColónThere was a report that there was an explosion at.


The details of the accident were unknown at the time the police and the fire rushed to the point where the situation was converging, but it was thought that the upper floor had been filled with smoke so it was a battery firing accident just like Zurich's case I will. Even here, because Apple's clerk promptly responded, it was not damaged.

At Apple, as a response to the performance degradation of the iPhone which was revealed at the end of 2017Battery exchange fee discountAnd I guess Apple Insider is an accident caused by iPhone brought in by the battery exchange program. If these accidents happen to a greater or lesser at the time of replacing a deteriorated battery, a blurry may be raised from the Apple Store nationwide.

By the way, this performance decline pointed out that consumer groups pointed out "classical obsolescence" to lower the performance of the iPhone and promote the replacement of new products, in line with the deterioration of the battery, and filed a class action lawsuit. Apple explained that it was a response to prevent performance shutdown while acknowledging performance but in France it has been investigated by the authorities that "planned obsolescence" is a crime.

What is the problem with Apple class action lawsuit, "planned obsolescence"? | Forbes JAPAN (Forbes Japan)
https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/19132

Apple Probed as French Customers Say iPhones Are Designed to Die - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-09/apple-probed-as-french-customers-say-iphones-are-designed-to-die