Exploring the Limits of iPhone Durability: A Cautionary Tale

As Apple Pro, I've always been fascinated by the durability of iPhones. But what happens when you push them to their limits? Today, I'm here with Hack Smith to test the boundaries of an iPhone's resistance to extreme forces and electricity. We're in Canada, and we're excited to see if we can literally melt an iPhone using insane amounts of amperage.

Our first step is to set up a modified industrial transformer that we've pulled out of the garbage. It's a step-up transformer, normally designed to take electricity from the wall and increase the voltage. But I've modified it to turn into a step-down transformer, which means it now outputs a single bolt – or nearly no output at all. This is safe enough to touch because our scheme is quite resistant to low voltage.

However, when we connect an iPhone 6 between these contacts, something unexpected happens. The electricity flowing through the contacts is so high that it literally melts anything conductive that's placed in between them. We're talking about a thousand amps of power – nearly enough to melt any material.

We started with a few bits of metal and watched how easily they melted into puddles. This was entertaining, but we knew it wasn't going to be enough to damage our iPhone. So, we decided to take things up a notch by using six heavy-duty deep-cycle lead-acid marine-grade car batteries in parallel. Hypothetically, these batteries can put out 6,000 amps at 12 volts – more than enough to melt even the toughest materials.

We set up a ventilated setup with an iPhone already in place and started this experiment. At first, it seemed like nothing was happening – but then we noticed that the plastic bands were starting to heat up. And then, suddenly, the battery exploded in a spectacular display of fire and smoke. It was as if the iPhone had melted right through the shell and into the internal components.

This was no ordinary explosion; it was a result of the amperage flowing through the iPhone's internal components, causing them to overheat and fail catastrophically. The Apple logo on our iPhone was rendered useless – literally melted away by the intense heat generated by the electricity flowing through its circuits.

But that wasn't all; we also wanted to test how well this experiment would work with even more amperage. So, we decided to run about 20,000 volts through these iPhones to create the Jacob's Ladder effect – a display of sparks and light that is both mesmerizing and terrifying to watch.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys everything Apple Pro here and I've destroyed iPhones in so many ways drowning shredding ripping them apart using those brake pads what about pure unrelenting electricity so today I'm here in Canada with a hack Smith and I want to see can we literally melt an iphone using insane amounts of amperage so this is an industrial transformer I pulled out of the garbage a few years ago it's a step-up transformer so it's normally designed to take electricity from the wall and increase the voltage but I've modified it to turn into a step-down transformer so now it actually only outputs a single bolt which isn't very much it means it's actually safe to touch because your scheme is quite resistant to low voltage but at one volt it means it puts out nearly a thousand amps now a thousand amps will literally melt anything conductive you put in between it so we're really curious to see what happens if we put an iPhone 6 in between these contacts electricity can be extremely dangerous so that's why I have a hack Smith helped me out with this setup is awesome shop so we started out with a few bits of metal it's really entertaining just to watch it melt and this is iron and steel so aluminium is going to have a different reaction it won't be quite as visual but there certainly will be a melting aspect to it and this is aircraft grade braided cable just watch how easily it melts into a puddle I want to see what happens when we put an iPhone in between these jaws of electricity now if it's not exciting enough for us we've got a backup idea so these are six heavy-duty deep-cycle lead-acid marine grade car batteries hypothetically these guys are capable of putting out a thousand amps each but we put six in parallel which means hypothetically we're looking at six thousand amps at 12 volts depending on the resistance of the iphone all right so here we go three two one oh there goes the battery Oh so the power was not the problem the problem was there was so much amperage going through the contact points that it would literally eat through it right away and it wouldn't be enough to keep going so let's up the ante with her a battery powered set up and we got a braided piece of cable in here look how fast it mounts okay so let's see what we can get with six times the power we've got a ventilated setup iPhone already in place let's start this so you'll begin to notice that it is a bit slow but in the bottom right things start to heat up the plastic bands are actually melting oh my gosh well there goes a lithium battery okay let's uh put it out shoot if you were hoping to turn your iPhone into an incendiary bomb this is the way to do it probably the most explosive reaction I've ever seen from an iPhone probably appala was going Wow so this thing really really did melt holy crap here is the Apple logo melted to proclaim as you guys can see the clamps actually did melt through the shell as we hoped melted right into the battery through the display the puncture that's how I saw a huge explosion Wow so running that amount amperage through an iPhone definitely won't end up very well and last test just for fun we ran about 20,000 volts through these iPhones in order to create the Jacob's Ladder effect and gotta say it works pretty well so these are won't do much to the iPhone damage-wise that will incapacitate it just like if you were to do this to a human default actually worked after which was the most surprising bit but it's such a cool effect a really fun to watch we watched it for longer than we should have and guys I just wanted to say give me hack smith a visit if you're at all interested in any sort of cool contraptions this guy has so much creative content and has a lot in store for you guys definitely give them a visit is an awesome youtuber but guys if there's any takeaway from this video it's that you should definitely not hook up your iPhone to a tongue and a ton of amps of electricity but if you wanted a fiery explosion as exactly what you should do I hope you guys enjoyed this video have a great day and stay tuned for much more peacewhat's up guys everything Apple Pro here and I've destroyed iPhones in so many ways drowning shredding ripping them apart using those brake pads what about pure unrelenting electricity so today I'm here in Canada with a hack Smith and I want to see can we literally melt an iphone using insane amounts of amperage so this is an industrial transformer I pulled out of the garbage a few years ago it's a step-up transformer so it's normally designed to take electricity from the wall and increase the voltage but I've modified it to turn into a step-down transformer so now it actually only outputs a single bolt which isn't very much it means it's actually safe to touch because your scheme is quite resistant to low voltage but at one volt it means it puts out nearly a thousand amps now a thousand amps will literally melt anything conductive you put in between it so we're really curious to see what happens if we put an iPhone 6 in between these contacts electricity can be extremely dangerous so that's why I have a hack Smith helped me out with this setup is awesome shop so we started out with a few bits of metal it's really entertaining just to watch it melt and this is iron and steel so aluminium is going to have a different reaction it won't be quite as visual but there certainly will be a melting aspect to it and this is aircraft grade braided cable just watch how easily it melts into a puddle I want to see what happens when we put an iPhone in between these jaws of electricity now if it's not exciting enough for us we've got a backup idea so these are six heavy-duty deep-cycle lead-acid marine grade car batteries hypothetically these guys are capable of putting out a thousand amps each but we put six in parallel which means hypothetically we're looking at six thousand amps at 12 volts depending on the resistance of the iphone all right so here we go three two one oh there goes the battery Oh so the power was not the problem the problem was there was so much amperage going through the contact points that it would literally eat through it right away and it wouldn't be enough to keep going so let's up the ante with her a battery powered set up and we got a braided piece of cable in here look how fast it mounts okay so let's see what we can get with six times the power we've got a ventilated setup iPhone already in place let's start this so you'll begin to notice that it is a bit slow but in the bottom right things start to heat up the plastic bands are actually melting oh my gosh well there goes a lithium battery okay let's uh put it out shoot if you were hoping to turn your iPhone into an incendiary bomb this is the way to do it probably the most explosive reaction I've ever seen from an iPhone probably appala was going Wow so this thing really really did melt holy crap here is the Apple logo melted to proclaim as you guys can see the clamps actually did melt through the shell as we hoped melted right into the battery through the display the puncture that's how I saw a huge explosion Wow so running that amount amperage through an iPhone definitely won't end up very well and last test just for fun we ran about 20,000 volts through these iPhones in order to create the Jacob's Ladder effect and gotta say it works pretty well so these are won't do much to the iPhone damage-wise that will incapacitate it just like if you were to do this to a human default actually worked after which was the most surprising bit but it's such a cool effect a really fun to watch we watched it for longer than we should have and guys I just wanted to say give me hack smith a visit if you're at all interested in any sort of cool contraptions this guy has so much creative content and has a lot in store for you guys definitely give them a visit is an awesome youtuber but guys if there's any takeaway from this video it's that you should definitely not hook up your iPhone to a tongue and a ton of amps of electricity but if you wanted a fiery explosion as exactly what you should do I hope you guys enjoyed this video have a great day and stay tuned for much more peace\n"