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Apple Investigating AirPods That Allegedly Caught Fire in Florida

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Florida resident Jason Colon was listening to his AirPods while at the gym this week when they started to malfunction, and a white smoke allegedly started pouring out.

According to Colon, he then left the AirPods sitting on a piece of gym equipment and ran to get help, and when he got back, one of the AirPods was charred and destroyed.

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"It was already like this. It was already popped. I didn't see it happen, but I mean, it was already fried! You can see flame damage," Colon told a local channel 8 news station.

It appears no one else at the gym was around to see what happened to the AirPod, so it's not clear if the device did spontaneously explode. There have been no prior reports of issues with AirPods, but it is not uncommon for iPhones and other devices to see one off battery issues that can result in fire.

According to an Apple spokesperson, Apple is investigating the incident and will be reaching out to Colon to figure out what happened.

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HE USED A TORCH AND DID THIS! Probably another one of these Holier then now Droid ***** that dog on apple when hes just to damn poor to own a mac phone, iPod, macbook ect. #Fakenews
 
Even the AirPods hate Apple Music and would rather self combust


Ps I just realised this is how the Arab Spring started. The machine are rebelling ........
 
c‘mon guys. those are lithium-ion batteries. sometimes there will be a tiny manufacturing error or a slight damage and they catch fire, that‘s just the way it is. the only thing of note here is, that it took over a year for one case to surface, which really speaks for apple’s design and manufacturing quality.
 
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Must have been listening to some truly crappy music for his AirPods to suicide themselves
 
Relentless Power said:
Maybe. But someone else alluded to that it could possibly be due to the fact that these are not water resistant, and if Moisture got inside the AirPods or affected a component, which could have triggered some reaction causing the AirPod to react the way it did. None the less, Apples engineers will definitely Conduct an investigation on the matter.
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Agreed. AirPods aren’t water (in this case sweat) resistant, so something is up.
 
BvizioN said:
Not really. EarPods have been out for more then a year. This is just an isolated incident. EarPods are amazing and will only get better. 3.5mm headphone jack on a smartphone is pretty much dead, thanks to Apple. RIP.
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EarPods have been around for like 5 years and can still be bought with a headphone jack.
 
I wonder what would happen if you wore your AirPods and went for a swim in the ocean?
 
He ran to get help? Lol
He needed help because of the smoke? Or was there a real fire?
 
Pbrutto said:
I still find the picture to be offputting. The hand and fingers look to be the right scale, but the airpods look shorter and fatter. Even if you angle the airpods and take a pic, there is no angle to create that illusion. Then I thought.....perhaps the pictures is incorrectly scaled, but again....the palm and fingers look correct. So what is the deal with this pic?

I have always found mine to get warm in my ear, at first it bothered me but now I’m used to it. Hope nobody ever has this happen when they are wearing them!
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I think you're into something, unless his camera distorted the image...
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Competitor device catches fire: their whole line is cleare.

Apple device catches fire: it's the users fault, fake news, it's a scam, they didn't catch fire, they were missused, they were old, they was used, they wasn't made by Apple blah blah blah
 
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It happened in Florida AND it’s isolated

Double dubious

If tons of reports cropped up I might think twice

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Having batteries strapped to my ears has always admitedly made me conceptually apprehensive. But the convenience factor is too great. And surely Apple would have a big problem on their hands with public safety if these exploded in people’s ears.
 
Was there ever a followup on this? I occasionally get curious as to what happened, but can't find anything beyond the initial reports.
 
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