The metal is smooth, but not shiny. It is super bendable. As soon as I realized what it was, I stopped handling it and washed my hands.

Lead is heavy, but seems such an odd choice for a weight in a consumer device. It must have been cheaper or even free.

  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
    3·
    1 year ago

    Did the battery have pull tabs at all? It could also be there to hold the battery in place if there were none. That isn’t uncommon either.

      • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
        2·
        1 year ago

        Ok yeah so that sounds like a mounting bracket for the battery itself. That’s normal, probably not lead.

        Genuine Apple batteries will have a pull tab for safely removing the battery, this appears to be a less sexy version of that.