Samsung's been in the news quite a bit for its exploding Galaxy Note 7. Countless reports of the phone going up in flames have been coming in all over the world. One thing's for certain: it's giving the Galaxy Note 7 quite a bit of publicity, publicity that Apple seems to be a little jealous of.
So, why not introduce your own exploding phone? Well, that's just what the iPhone 7 seems to be in these new photos. Join us after the break for the fiery details.
Reddit user /u/kroopthesnoop took to the Apple subreddit to show photos of what is a severely damaged iPhone 7 that obviously caught fire. Here's the phone in all of its glory:
It seems to be of no fault of the user, as /u/kroopthesnoop implies that this is how he received his new iPhone 7 straight out of the box. Something obviously happened between being built in the factory and through the shipping process, as the Reddit user points out himself. It's almost a wonder that the box the phone was shipped in didn't catch fire.
For what it's worth, this seems to be a completely isolated incident. There are no other reports of an iPhone 7 explosion, so it's safe to assume Apple isn't experiencing the same problems Samsung is going through.
What will likely happen is that Apple will launch an investigation in conjunction with the shipping service used to find out where things went wrong and who's to blame.
source: Reddit
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