iPhone smell makes me sick

⚠️ ATTENTION!!! No one here works for Apple. This is a community of end users. We cannot fix anything. And we don't process complaints. There is no help for this issue in this forum.

Either contact Apple support or use a feedback link:

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

The latter will only notify Apple of an issue, not get a response.

Not sure what you're smelling, it isn't battery acid. Lithium Ion batteries are sealed in a leakproof pouch.

Most likely you are smelling a sealant used to water-resist the phone. Not sure where you are seeing thousands of users complaining about it, certainly not in here.

And if it was dangerous to the public, there would be lawsuits left and right from various EPA agencies.

You should probably check with your doctor. I've never noticed a discernible smell from an iDevice.

Then don't use it and buy another brand that suits your needs.

I've been searching this support forum.....but can't find any similar reports. If there were thousands, you would think that I would find a few by now.

Since you have done all the research, could you please provide 5 or 6 recent links to other posts on this forum from users who have reported this " chemical smell"?

Im having the same issue with my iPhone 13. It’s definitely the battery. The sweet smell goes away after I turn the phone off. It irritates my sinuses when I get close to my phone.

Weirdly, some people can’t smell it and it doesn’t affect them.

Did you eventually trade it in? The trade in I got from T-Mobile has the same exact problem so Im going to the Apple Store instead.

I just replaced my SE 2022 iPhone because of the smell it gets all over your hands you get it in your nose and in your throat it's a real thing!!! And now I'm having the same problem with my new SE 2023 it's exactly the same thing it's all over my hands I can't touch it!! my husband thinks I'm out of my mind but I don't think so now that I'm reading others are having the same problem. I'm so glad it's not the lithium battery I was really afraid of that! It scares me to breathe the fumes I don't know what they are and I don't know if it's killing me.

please help us!!

Oh......it's the old "do a search" or "look it up" answer. Your credibility is crumbling.

No need for you to “look it up”. I have exactly the same issue with an iPhone 15 Pro Max. I’m going to try to have it replaced.