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Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-ideas dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes Placing your iPhone in the microwave will destroy the phone, and possibly the microwave. While that might seem obvious to some people, others have fallen for the "Wave" hoax making its way around online. The fake advertisement insists that the new iOS 8 allows users to charge their iPhones by placing them in a "household microwave for a minute and a half." Microwave energy will not charge your smartphone. To the contrary, it will scorch the device and render it inoperable. If you nuke your smartphone and subsequently complain about it online, people will probably make fun of you. (If you want a full list of things not to place in a microwave, no matter how pretty the flames, check this out.)

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  1. Dare to be stupid by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Put your head in a microwave, and give yourself a tan..."

  2. As a wise man once said... by Black+Art · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Put your head in a microwave and get yourself a tan."

    You must dare to be stupid.

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    "Trademarks are the heraldry of the new feudalism."
  3. Jealous Android users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't trick me. You're only jealous because your cheap Android doesn't support Wave charging.

    1. Re:Jealous Android users by jaymz666 · · Score: 4, Funny

      as with most of the features in iOS 8, android had it years ago

  4. Anyone reporting a microwaved iPhone by jpellino · · Score: 4, Funny

    gets bumped up to a 23 digit /. UID.

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
  5. User error by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm guessing people were using 800W microwaves. The Wave Charge feature is only intended for 700w microwaves. Anyone using a powerful microwave should lower the power percentage to compensate. It worked fine on mine, although 1,30 only gave me 72% battery not 100%.

  6. Re:If you're not smart enough to realize this is B by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haha, too true. No way Apple is this advanced. Now, my Samsung, on the other hand, charges a treat. Just don't run it on full power as that overclocks the CPU and causes instability.

  7. Re:If you're not smart enough to realize this is B by Smidge204 · · Score: 4, Funny

    To charge your iPhone you need a $150 crisper... ere "Inductive charging" pouch that your phone goes into before putting it into the microwave.

    Keeps it clean, you see. Not using the "Inductive charging" pouch may void the warranty.
    =Smidge=

  8. Re:Also... by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think he was referring to arcing.

    Pop quiz: What happens when you boil water inside an sealed container?

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  9. Re:If you're not smart enough to realize this is B by Jose · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first tip-off that this story is BS is that this charging technique doesn't even require an Apple-branded microwave.

    There is no way that Apple would introduce a new feature that does not require new Apple hardware.

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  10. Re:Also... by TWX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't pull on Superman's cape...

    Don't spit into the wind...

    Don't pull the mask off of the Lone Ranger...

    And don't mess around with Jim...

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    Do not look into laser with remaining eye.