--- description: "It looks beautiful," he says of the finished product title: Setting an iPhone 6 on Fire in 6000F Acetylene Torch Test: Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's What Happens When You Set an iPhone 6 on Fire  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 25, 2015 7:38 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Feb 25, 2015 7:38 PM CUT The tech blogger “Techrax”— known on YouTube for [boiling an iPhone 6 in Coca-Cola](http://time.com/3644023/man-boils-iphone6-in-coca-cola/ "undefined") and [baking one inside a turkey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxTDbYd3Vf4 "undefined") — has released a new video of himself igniting an iPhone 6 with an acetylene torch (typically used to cut or wield metal). “So yeah, this thing is pretty much done,” he says in the clip. “You can still press the home button, buttons still work. It won’t power on though.” After opening up the phone to explore the extent of the damage to its insides, he proceeds to smash it repeatedly over a cinder block until the inner pieces fall out and only the exterior of the phone is left. “It looks beautiful,” he says of the mutilated phone. “It is a sculpture, indeed.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3722341/iphone6-on-fire-acetylene-torch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3722341/iphone6-on-fire-acetylene-torch/"},"headline":"Here's What Happens When You Set an iPhone 6 on Fire","datePublished":"2015-02-25T19:38:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:12.458Z","description":"\"It looks beautiful,\" he says of the finished product","url":"https://time.com/3722341/iphone6-on-fire-acetylene-torch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3722341/iphone6-on-fire-acetylene-torch/","name":"Here's What Happens When You Set an iPhone 6 on Fire"}}]}] ```