A man in China bit into an iPhone battery to test its authenticity – and it blew up in his face
Social media roasts the man, comparing the stunt to the ‘Tide Pod challenge’ although they’re still unsure if the battery is real or not
By Aqilah Allaudeen
Biting on pure gold may be a common good test to check on its authenticity (although probably not the best) but it looks like a man in China decided to take the “bite test” a step further, by trying it out on an iPhone battery.
And it blew up in his face. Literally.
Security camera footage captured the entire incident that took place last week (Jan 19) in a store in Nanjing City in Jiangsu Province, China.
He wasn’t seriously injured, but what was he thinking? Check out the now-viral CCTV camera footage for yourselves:
Some still aren’t sure if an exploding battery makes it authentic, or not:
