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Apple's Amsterdam Store Evacuated After iPad Battery Explodes (9to5mac.com) 237

Slashdot readers radi0man and DeBaas report of an exploding iPad battery in Apple's Amsterdam store. DeBaas writes: An exploding iPad led to the Amsterdam Apple store being evacuated, as reported by 9to5mac and local news in dutch. The store reopened after the fire brigade ventilated the store. 9to5Mac notes that this is the third evacuation this year of an Apple store due to an exploding battery -- the other two were from iPhones. The iPad and its punctured battery were put in a container of sand after it exploded. No major injuries were reported, however, "three employees who experienced trouble breathing were treated by first responders," reports 9to5Mac.
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Apple's Amsterdam Store Evacuated After iPad Battery Explodes

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  • Good advice (Score:5, Funny)

    by viperidaenz ( 2515578 ) on Sunday August 19, 2018 @08:19PM (#57156968)

    Let the employees take the brunt of the explosion, that's what they're paid for.

    • Re: (Score:3, Informative)

      For some reason my quote didn't appear.

      As always, don’t attempt to replace a swollen battery. Head in to an Apple store or nearest authorized Apple service provider as soon as possible.

    • Come on, stores need fire retardants, nor retards on fire.
  • Everyone else in Amsterdam is lighting up, why can't the iPads get a turn.

  • by mykro76 ( 1137341 ) on Sunday August 19, 2018 @09:41PM (#57157262)
    I'm a little worried that an emergency container of sand appears to be standard equipment in an Apple store.
    • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      I wonder if they have them on aircraft now. I bet there is a fire-proof bag on long haul flights, especially now that charging and power outlets are quite common.

  • 9to5Mac notes that this is the third evacuation this year of an Apple store due to an exploding battery -- the other two were from iPhones.

    I didn't hear about the first two. Sounds like Apple fans need to rethink their tired Samsung Note 7 jokes.

    • 9to5Mac notes that this is the third evacuation this year of an Apple store due to an exploding battery -- the other two were from iPhones.

      I didn't hear about the first two. Sounds like Apple fans need to rethink their tired Samsung Note 7 jokes.

      And given that iPhones in people's homes vastly outnumber iPhones in stores, how big is this problem, really?

      • by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

        In the store the phone is active all the time, displaying those cheesy screensavers with the screen on max brightness. Heat generation for prolonged periods of time, 7 days a week will likely have a very negative effect on the battery.

        They probably don't care about dead batteries in display models of course.

    • Anyone has some statistics number of Apple explosions / Samsung explosions? Planes crash, but comparing Cessna and Boeing ...
  • Make it a little thicker, just so the battery can release gas and bulge rather than explode.

    • Interesting fun fact, lithium cells, like the lipo ones used in phones, actually increase in size with charge. You can tell with either a micrometer (tricky because of the plastic case) or by fixing it in a vise and using a load cell. Samsung ran into problems by making the battery compartment too small and this caused problems. Not to be confused with the outgassing failed cells exhibit.
  • Click Bait for a Youtube Video Embeded in Article

    Go ahead... watch the video.

  • (perceived) risks (Score:5, Insightful)

    by k2r ( 255754 ) on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:26AM (#57158276)

    If one in a million batteries catches fire per year that seems like a very rare, maybe acceptable risk.
    - compared to the risk of _being_ killed by a firearm in the US of about 30 in a million persons per year*1
    Apple sold > 200'000'000 iPhones in the last 4 quarters.(*2) So that would mean 200 exploding new iPhones per year.
    The press would be all over it, so the real number and thus the risk must be waaaay lower.

    Same goes for Samsung and the rest, of course. So move along, nothing to see here. But yes, it's funny that it happened in an Apple Store :)

    *1 combining topics Apple and guncontrol, because fire is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind... [wikipedia.org]
    *2 these numbers are impressive and kind of frightening. https://www.statista.com/stati... [statista.com]

    • If one in a million batteries catches fire per year that seems like a very rare, maybe acceptable risk.
      - compared to the risk of _being_ killed by a firearm in the US of about 30 in a million persons per year*1
      Apple sold > 200'000'000 iPhones in the last 4 quarters.(*2) So that would mean 200 exploding new iPhones per year.
      The press would be all over it, so the real number and thus the risk must be waaaay lower.

      Same goes for Samsung and the rest, of course. So move along, nothing to see here. But yes, it's funny that it happened in an Apple Store :)

      *1 combining topics Apple and guncontrol, because fire is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/ind... [wikipedia.org]
      *2 these numbers are impressive and kind of frightening. https://www.statista.com/stati... [statista.com]

      The battery was PUNCTURED.

      It's right there in TFS, FFS!

      Sheesh!

    • 1 combining topics Apple and guncontrol

      I'm so conflicted right now, do I moderate up, do I moderate down? ... This is hard.

  • ...to use an ipad.

  • you never know which one will blow up.

  • The LiIon battery is basically a little hand grenade waiting to go off. We are packing so much energy into such small spaces that there is always a risk of releasing that energy unexpectedly. The problem is you never really know when this release might happen. Through careful manufacturing and quality control we can make such events fairly rare, but the risk will remain.

    The biggest issue is we are pushing the boundaries for size and weight at a given storage capacity, making the manufacturing tolerances e

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