Watch an iPhone explode and burst into flames on video

Smartphones are powered by lithium-ion batteries, and lithium-ion batteries can explode. It's not terribly common these days, but it can happen. The public was made painfully aware of the realities of battery explosions back when Samsung had to recall the Galaxy Note 7 not once but twice before finally cancelling the phone entirely. The Note 7 batteries had a design defect that caused them to explode while charging, or even randomly while in use. It was scary of course, but it was also the excep...