Do the iphone X have battery issues
A fresh case of Apple’s
new iPhone popping open due to a swollen battery has been reported in state
media in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market where the U.S. firm is
seeking to revive faltering sales.
The incident comes as
Apple investigates similar cases reported in Taiwan and Japan of batteries in
its latest iPhone 8 Plus becoming bloated, causing the device’s casing to open.
On its website on
Thursday, China’s state-backed ThePaper.cn cited an iPhone buyer surnamed Liu
as saying his newly purchased iPhone 8 Plus arrived cracked open on Oct. 5.
There was no sign of scorching or an explosion.
Liu told ThePaper he
bought the handset through online marketplace of JD.com Inc. He said he did not
charge the new device and returned it to the seller.
Pictures taken by Liu
and displayed on ThePaper’s website showed an iPhone 8 plus split open along
the side featuring the sim card holding, with the phone’s internal parts
visible.
An Apple spokesperson
said the company is looking into the matter and declined to comment further.
The incident comes as
indifferent reviews of the iPhone 8, which comes 10 years after Apple released
the first version of the revolutionary phone, drove down shares of the company
since the handset’s launch.
Some investors worry
whether pre-orders for the device were well below previous launches, although
some Apple fans are waiting for the premium iPhone X due out in early November.
Apple competes in China
with local makers, including Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and Oppo which sell
phones with high-end features at lower prices.
Two customers in Asia earlier
claimed the model’s Plus sized handset split at the seams after it had been
charged.
It is not yet known
whether these are isolated incidents or part of a wider problem but Apple is
said to be looking into the issue.
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