Some of us tend are quite connected with our devices. Of course, they're there to make our lives faster and easier, and it sometimes leads to us being too dependent on them. It's not a bad thing to rely on something, but it's best to have a break at some point in your relationship.
Australian Melanie Tan Pelaez took this the hard way when she recently suffered from second-degree burns after her Apple iPhone 7 overheated. According to sources, Pelaez fell asleep with her charging iPhone 7 in her arm. The next morning, she woke up to "pins and needles" in her arm. She decided to rush to the GP and once there, they suggested for Pelaez to go to the hospital immediately.
She said that specialists did a number of tests before ruling the injury as "superficial thickness burn on right forearm." At first, they even thought that it came from a scalding "foreign object", but they soon told the patient to check around her bed for the cause of her injury.
The pregnant Pelaez added that they "matched the markings" on her arm to her iPhone 7 and charger and proved that it was indeed the Apple device that had caused the injury. Pelaez then decided to visit the Apple Store where she told her misfortune. Apple took her phone, but refused to believe that it was the fault of the phone "because it didn't have a distinct smell."
However, Pelaez was able to receive a call from an Apple executive team member and said that "they are now handling the matter." The suspected iPhone 7 was shipped to a senior technician in California for further analysis.
Charging our phones overnight came as a result of bad practice and being too lazy to get up and unplug our devices. Any electronic gadget, according to Gizmodo, is "designed to give off excess warmth" when it overheat. When the heat is blocked, it transfers the heat to whatever it is touching, or in this case, Pelaez's forearm.
"I'm just lucky because it could have been a lot worse," said Pelaez, who also posted a photo of her injury on her Facebook page. She said she wanted to "create awareness to show people" they need to be. So far, Apple has offered Pelaez a new iPhone 7 as a replacement, but she declined because she doesn't "trust the device anymore."
