Thanks to a prank posted to the infamous 4Chan website, people are microwaving their brand new iPhones in an attempt to catch a quick battery charge. Baffling, I know. But the prank is pretty convincing..I guess? Take a look at it below.
Looks legit right? Well, it’s totally not. Apparently some people with little common sense actually tried this crazy charging method and guess what..it fried their phones.
I tried using the new IOS 8 feature WAVE where you can charge your phone with a microwave, does not work @Apple pic.twitter.com/IWsWnVboUl
— nick (@Fallenbot) September 18, 2014
The thing is, this isn’t the first time this kind of thing has happened. Back in January of 2013, a similar prank posted to a Japanese sit 2channel claimed that microwaving a iPhone 5 for 20 seconds would give the device a full battery charge. Obviously, the only thing the phony lifehack did was ruin a bunch of people’s iPhones.
Be careful folks, the internet is a treacherous place. And please don’t microwave your iPhone 6. Just plug it in.