And This Is Why You Should Never Bite An iPhone Battery

If you’ve ever wondered what not to do with your tech, this video has a very clear answer.

A resurfaced clip from 2018 shows a shopper in India attempting to test whether a replacement iPhone battery was authentic by doing something truly unhinged. He bit it. With his mouth. In public.

Within seconds, the lithium ion battery exploded, sending flames shooting straight out of his mouth like a low budget action movie stunt gone wrong. The man recoiled in shock as smoke filled the store, and bystanders quickly realized this was not a prank.

Somehow, miraculously, he survived.

According to multiple outlets including NDTV and India Today, the man suffered only minor burns and avoided serious injury. Which honestly feels like the luckiest possible outcome for biting a device specifically designed to hold volatile energy.

Experts say puncturing lithium ion batteries is basically asking for chaos. When the casing is damaged, the internal electrolyte can leak and trigger something called thermal runaway. That’s when the battery rapidly overheats, ignites, and sometimes explodes. IEEE safety studies have been warning about this for years, and global battery related incidents are reportedly rising every year.

This is also why manufacturers like Apple strongly advise against physically testing batteries in any way that involves crushing, puncturing, bending, or apparently chewing them like gum.

The video has gone viral again because it perfectly combines curiosity, confidence, and consequences. Viewers online are split between disbelief, secondhand pain, and gratitude that the lesson didn’t end much worse.