Repair shops are booming during heatwaves as people keep putting phones in fridges

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Facepalm: The UK and Europe are going through an unprecedented heatwave right now. It's causing a lot of problems, including devices that keep overheating as temperatures soar. To try to cool them down, some Brits have been placing them in their fridges and freezers, but the only thing this results in is more work for repair shops.

Jamie Farnell, a repair shop owner in the UK town of Wem told the BBC that he has been flooded with devices suffering from internal moisture damage recently.

Farnell believes the damage was caused by phones and tablets being put in fridges and freezers as the mercury soared.