Do static shocks damage iPhones?
I put my iPhone 13 mini in my pocket with the bottom lightning port facing up. Often times I wear dress shoes into businesses/malls with smooth polished floors. Within just a few seconds of walking, I build up enough static electricity to if I touch a metal object, it causes a crack of static electricity.
On the bottom of my iPhone 13 mini, there are two metal screws on either side of the lightning port. I happen to want to check my phone, so I reach into my pocket and… pop! An audible crack of static electricity discharge. This has happened to my poor phone at least 5 times now, but with no damage at all observed.
I am just curious if anyone else has this problem and if it will damage the phone over time. I read online about static shocks being in the thousands of volts and causing holes in the circuits within microchips, over time causing failure. I also read that phones are faraday cages in that the casing acts like an electrically isolating cage which absorbs and dissipates these shocks. Since these bolts are bolted into the aluminum frame of the iPhone, does this understanding hold true? Are the internal components electrically isolated?
Preferably, I would please like someone to answer who has intimate electronics knowledge and of the internal construction of iPhones so my fears can be truly eased (or confirmed).
iPhone 13 mini, iOS 15