The China, which is a consumer group affiliated with the Beijing government, revealed that it received a total of 8 complaints from Apple customers across the country that their iPhone 6s caught fire, believed to be due to faulty batteries.
Details are sketchy at this time, but the consumer group says all of the devices spontaneously burst into flames, according to a Bloomberg report, despite being in perfect condition.
On the other hand, Apple says that they have already investigated these phones and found external physical damage to them, so the fire is a direct result of this factor.
"We appreciate that customers are more concerned than ever about the performance and safety of the batteries in their portable devices," Apple said.
While this isn't the first report of iPhones catching fire (in China or around the world), it's hard to say who's right here, as the consumer group claims that only the iPhone 6 has been involved in the fires.
The iPhone 6 was affected by the infamous bendgate, which causes devices to bend under strong pressure, thereby causing physical damage to the phone and potentially leading to a battery malfunction that could in turn cause a fire. If that's the case, Apple is indeed correct when it says external factors caused the explosions.
This report, however, comes just days after Apple began a global recall of iPhone 6s models that came with a faulty battery that causes the devices to unexpectedly shut down. More recently, Apple admitted that more phones than initially thought have this problem and will release an iOS update that will help determine how widespread the problem actually is.
