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Every single device I've ever owned has had a defective battery eventually. It Is the Nature of Things

• mullingitover 7y ago
  Sure, but I don't think lithium batteries are normally supposed to have a failure mode where they swell. All my Macbooks, save my precious 2008 (imho when Macbook design just about peaked) swelled.
  • cortesoft 7y ago
    Really? I have so many lithium batteries that are swollen, for so many products.
  • whynotminot 7y ago
    It's pretty normal for Lithium Ion batteries to swell. You see it constantly with smartphones especially, where it's very obvious given the tight tolerances in modern devices. I say this as someone who's worked with racks and racks of smartphones used for testing. Eventually they pretty much all swell.
    • tigershark 7y ago
      Mmm...my iphone 4 didn’t swell after it was used for 7 years.
      • whynotminot 7y ago
        I will take your one phone as disproving all of my experience. Thanks! In all seriousness, I have an iPhone 4S whose battery is in tatters but also hasn’t swollen (that I can tell, anyway). It doesn’t happen to every single battery. It does happen to a significant portion of them over time.