Product
Apple iPhone 13 MLMM3LLA
Category
Phone
Report number
20260717-17109-2147313766
Ownership age
About 5 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Overheating
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20260717-17109-2147313766. Severity: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional. Product: Apple iPhone 13 MLMM3LLA (Product is an Apple iPhone 13, model number MLMM3LLA. The phone is a smartphone with a glass front and glass back, metal frame, touch screen display, rear camera lenses, charging port, and built in rechargeable lithium ion battery. The phone involved was not in a case at the time of the incident. The phone was powered on, not charging, and not on a wireless charger. The phone belonged to my friend. The phone had a pre existing crack at the top right front of the device. To my knowledge, the phone had no known water exposure, no known overheating history, and no repairs, modifications, or battery replacement while my friend had it. The current battery health shows 79 percent, but I do not know what the battery health was at the time of the incident. The phone currently displays an Apple battery health message stating that the battery health is significantly degraded and that an Apple Authorized Service Provider can replace the battery to restore full performance and capacity.). Incident: I am reporting a possible consumer product safety incident involving an Apple iPhone 13. On the night of June 9 into the morning of June 10 2026, I was asleep in bed while my friends iPhone 13 was in the bed under or on the right side of my body. The phone was powered on, but it was not charging, not on a wireless charger, not in a case, and there was no other heat source nearby. During the night I felt discomfort and a hot burning sensation, but I did not fully wake up or understand what was happening at first because I have a diagnosed sleep disorder that makes me difficult to wake. After several hours, the sensation became too uncomfortable. I removed the phone from my body and the hot burning sensation stopped. Later that morning I noticed two small burn injuries on the right side of my body, one on my right arm and one on my sto
Official report number: 20260717-17109-2147313766. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.