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> The iPhone wasn’t designed to be an explosive device.

…just like those pagers.

wongarsu | parent | next
The pagers were designed as explosive devices and specifically marketed to Hisbollah leaders, with fake justifications for the added weight from the explosives.

In contrast, no iPhone teardown has shown any explosives, and Apple still has a reputation for saving weight wherever possible.

If you have an iPhone that mysteriously has only a fraction of the battery capacity of a normal iPhone it might be time to worry if you have the Mossad version with inbuilt explosives. But otherwise I wouldn't worry too much. A battery explosion would be inconvenient but much less effective

tromp | root | parent
> with fake justifications for the added weight from the explosives.

There was negligible weight increase, as the battery was significantly shrunk to allow hiding the explosive inside [1].

> At some point, Hezbollah noticed the battery was draining faster than expected, the Lebanese source said. However, the issue did not appear to raise major security concerns - the group was still handing its members the pagers hours before the attack.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/HEZBOLL...

Ajedi32 | parent | next
The pagers actually were designed to be explosive devices. I'm guessing you didn't dig into the details of that story and just saw the headlines?
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