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Enlarge / An Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K) on an iPhone. (credit: Anker)
Anker is recalling three models of MagSafe iPhone batteries due to a fire risk, it said yesterday.
The models being recalled are the Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K, model number A1642), Anker Power Bank (model number A1647), and Anker 334 MagGo Battery (model number A1652). In its recall notice, Anker said that some of the lithium-ion batteries in the devices “may pose a fire risk due to a manufacturing defect.”
“The lithium-ion battery in the affected power banks can overheat, potentially causing melting of plastic components, smoke, and fire hazards,” the notice reads.
