Apple iPhone 7 Plus passes Sprint diagnostic test, and then explodes the next morning

by Alan Friedman

Feb 24, 2017, 1:30 AM

Apple iPhone 7 Plus passes Sprint diagnostic test, and then explodes the next morning

Apple has started to investigate why an Apple iPhone 7 Plus, belonging to one Brianna Olivas, exploded. Pictures of the device taken in the aftermath of the explosion, were tweeted by Olivas. The day before the phone exploded, it wouldn't turn on which led Olivas to take it back to the Sprint store where she had purchased it in January. The Sprint employee said that even though the phone "looked weird" when he got it to boot up, a diagnostics check showed no problem at all with the handset.

The next morning, Brianna's boyfriend took the phone off of the official Apple charger and put it on the dresser. After answering nature's call, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the phone was smoking. He picked it up and tossed it into the bathroom, where it exploded.

Apple has replaced the phone, and a company spokesman said that "We are in touch with the customer and looking into it." An Apple Store Genius reportedly told Olivas after examining the device, that he had never seen anything like it.

"I was asleep with my phone charging next to my head, my boyfriend grabbed the phone and put it on the dresser. He went to the restroom ... and from the corner of his eye he saw my phone steaming and [heard] a squealing noise. By the time he got over to the phone it had already caught fire, he quickly grabbed the phone and threw it in the restroom ... as soon as he threw [it] in the restroom, it blew up and more smoke started coming out of the phone."-Brianna Olivas

Olivas says that she always uses an official Apple charger. If she is being truthful, that would eliminate one major possibility since third party chargers can be a hazard.

Apple might not have an answer about how this started for a few weeks, if not months. As soon as we hear something from Cupertino, we will pass it along to you.