Handhelds iPhone 6 microwave hoax

[Blobbenstein]

AN internet hoax is going around claiming you can charge the battery on the new iPhone 6 by putting it in the microwave.

A fake advert has been circulating on social media which claims that you can wirelessly charge an iPhone by putting it in the microwave for 60 to 70 seconds.

Internet hoax claims iPhone 6 can be charged in a microwave | Gloucester Citizen

I chuckled...

 

[Amy SF]

Who would be stupid enough to put their cellphone in the microwave, much less turn the oven on?

Never mind, dumb question.

 

[Second Summer]

That's cruel, to pull off that hoax. There are loads of stupid people, but making them zap their own precious phones ...?

 

[Blobbenstein]

well, I don't like to see the waste in the Earth's resources, with these things going up in smoke.

 

[yakherder]

It's still funny though.

 

[Scorpius]

That's cruel, to pull off that hoax. There are loads of stupid people, but making them zap their own precious phones ...?

If they're that stupid, they had it coming to them.

 

[Second Summer]

From the launch of iOS7:

There has been a rumour going around the internet over the past few days that iOS 7 somehow magically makes your iPhone waterproof. [...] Someone’s even created an advert demonstrating this amazing feature…

More: iOS 7 makes your phone waterproof: Twitter users fall for iPhone 5S prank | Metro News (metro.co.uk, 23 Sep 2013)

Apparently, some users thought that was real too!

 

[KLS52]

This thread would pair well with the thread about narcissistic, psychopathic, sadistic trolls.

 

[Blobbenstein]

my guess is that the people who really got trolled in all of this are the people who work in low wage jobs(even in slavery some times) in mineral mines, and factories to make these sort of phones.

 

[Clueless Git]

my guess is that the people who really got trolled in all of this are the people who work in low wage jobs(even in slavery some times) in mineral mines, and factories to make these sort of phones.

More likely they started the hoax to get themselves some overtime.