Chinese Woman Suffers Eye Injuries After iPhone 5 Explodes

[tzeshan]

I am guessing this story is a scam. The reason is only a corner of the phone is shown in the picture.

 

[sarthak]

AppleCare is only offered in the States.

You forgot Canada and a dozen other countries.

 

[GSPice]

how racist can you be ?

ROFL! Have you even read the comments on this thread? Not even gonna bother...

Emotion, reaction = easy.
Reason, objectivity = a bit harder, not as fun, doesn't feel as good.

 

[0x0x0x0]

Only in China, it seems. Wonder why?

Going on a whim here- maybe it's one of the few countries where people having forked out a lot of money (even if by way of a committal to a long term contract and paying that money by instalments) expect a product of a good quality, where as in the Western world we've all grown to expect to be fleeced for money and get **** products and equally "amazing" customer care in return?..

 

[KdParker]

I call that statement BULL!

Not complete bull, there are always stories of cell phone doing odd things that gets reported, but leading with 'iPhone eplodes' gets you more attention that simply 'Cell phone explods'

 

[Solomani]

Why is it always the Chinese? I almost don't care about stories like this anymore.

The largest population in the world would correlate with the largest number of opportunistic scammers and liars?

 

[kkat69]

Ok, I'm gonna go ahead and call the next one;

"Chinese <insert gender here>'s genitals burned after iPhone explodes after being dropped in toilet, individual states it didn't get wet and was using an official Apple iToilet."

 

[J.acks]

Lol. China again....

 

[JAT]

This is scaring me. I am a high school teacher and at least 20-30% of my students have iphones with badly cracked screens. I have no idea what on Earth they do to them, but they even laugh about the damage and compare to see whose screen is most damaged.

My 3GS was still in mint condition (until I had to get a replacement in June), with no case, after all these years. Are the new models that much more fragile?

You're a teacher. Teach them something about lithium batteries.

Oh, also, the cracked screens have become a cool thing, like torn jeans in various years. Some of them are probably intentional.

 

[appleisking]

This is scaring me. I am a high school teacher and at least 20-30% of my students have iphones with badly cracked screens. I have no idea what on Earth they do to them, but they even laugh about the damage and compare to see whose screen is most damaged.

My 3GS was still in mint condition (until I had to get a replacement in June), with no case, after all these years. Are the new models that much more fragile?

iPhone 4 is because the back is glass, so it will crack for sure. iPhone 5 is more resistant due to aluminum, but also consider teens are far more haphazard about their belongings than adults.

 

[skinned66]

That obviously isn't a picture of the phone in question...it belies a phone with a screen that "exploded."

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Ok, I'm gonna go ahead and call the next one;

"Chinese <insert gender here>'s gentiles burned after iPhone explodes after being dropped in toilet, individual states it didn't get wet and was using an official Apple iToilet."

I think most Chinese are gentiles.

 

[JAT]

Just so you know, Stella Liebeck v. McDonald's was a serious case.

Serious INJURY, not so sure about "case", she did really stupid actions with her coffee. Legal liability can be on the victim, too.

Also, McD's coffee temp went back up after a brief drop due to her case, because most people apparently like it that way, so some of their stores could still be serving it at a temp you feel is too hot. As a comparison to the recent iPhone issues in China, I'm pretty sure Apple will continue to have glass surfaces and the phone will still need electricity.

 

[Sardonick007]

Is it just me, or do Chinese women seem to be magnets for exploding Apple products?

 

[kkat69]

Just so you know, Stella Liebeck v. McDonald's was a serious case.

I never considered this a serious case and won't discuss it much beyond the obvious,

Coffee was HOT (hotter than "standards" who cares, it's still HOT!)
Driving with said HOT coffee in one hand, steering wheel in another
Putting a cup of HOT coffee between your legs while you drive
Driving with HOT coffee in hand
Bumps in road with HOT coffee

Get the picture? Sure millions do it, and they do it at their own risk as do I. If the cup feels hot, that's because the coffee is HOT.

I always wanted to find this woman and smack her. The coffee was hot, she knew better. I mean I'm not gonna sue Mickey D's because their quarterpounder oozed ketchup on my expensive suit just because they used more ketchup than the industry standard. If I spill coffee on my legs because of carelessness while drinking and driving then ooops, I'm at fault. We don't sue the ABC store for our loved ones getting hurt in a drunk driver accident... or maybe we should?

 

[i4m]

A number of people have taken offense to this sweeping comment, including myself. And even though I have no clue of your age, I'm going to chalk up your statement to an error of youth.

You can always ask for clarification before expressing your offense...

 

[Gasu E.]

My dog knocked our 50-inch TV off of the stand onto the hardwood floor. When I picked up the TV, there was a crack in the upper right corner of the screen. I decided to leave it plugged in and use it anyway (it still seemed to work fine). But, a week later, smoke started coming out of it and phhht, there was a big flash of flame which popped the circuit breaker (no fire, fortunately).

The above is not true. But using the TV after it was CLEARLY damaged would have been a stupid thing to do. Stupid is as stupid does.

Just sayin'!

Mark

Shaggy dog story.

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I never considered this a serious case and won't discuss it much beyond the obvious,

Coffee was HOT (hotter than "standards" who cares, it's still HOT!)
Driving with said HOT coffee in one hand, steering wheel in another
Putting a cup of HOT coffee between your legs while you drive
Driving with HOT coffee in hand
Bumps in road with HOT coffee?

She wasn't the driver. In fact the car wasn't moving. The jolt that caused the spillage was solely due to her pulling the lid off the coffee.

 

[sna]

Why only in china ?

Are you kidding me? Apple always had exploding problems , remember the Macbooks exploding?

This raises an Alarm , I wonder if Apple Products sold in china has "to be sold in China only" Label !!!

Once I was trying to buy products from Micron in the 1990's The manager asked me : do you want the Safety tests or not ? it will cost you cheaper If we ship you "only for you" products.

yes this happens in the business. and it was a shipment to a third world country , I canceled Micron and orderd from DELL. they never said such horrible thing .

 

[GSPice]

Why only in china ?

Are you kidding me? Apple always had exploding problems , remember the Macbooks exploding?

This raises an Alarm , I wonder if Apple Products sold in china has "to be sold in China only" Label !!!

Once I was trying to buy products from Micron in the 1990's The manager asked me : do you want the Safety tests or not ? it will cost you cheaper If we ship you "only for you" products.

yes this happens in the business. and it was a shipment to a third world country , I canceled Micron and orderd from DELL. they never said such horrible thing .

Oh wow. There's a sky and it's falling. Or should I say it's already fallen and you've wisely avoided it.

 

[gnasher729]

I never considered this a serious case and won't discuss it much beyond the obvious,

Coffee was HOT (hotter than "standards" who cares, it's still HOT!)
Driving with said HOT coffee in one hand, steering wheel in another
Putting a cup of HOT coffee between your legs while you drive
Driving with HOT coffee in hand
Bumps in road with HOT coffee

Get the picture? Sure millions do it, and they do it at their own risk as do I. If the cup feels hot, that's because the coffee is HOT.

I always wanted to find this woman and smack her. The coffee was hot, she knew better. I mean I'm not gonna sue Mickey D's because their quarterpounder oozed ketchup on my expensive suit just because they used more ketchup than the industry standard. If I spill coffee on my legs because of carelessness while drinking and driving then ooops, I'm at fault. We don't sue the ABC store for our loved ones getting hurt in a drunk driver accident... or maybe we should?

What a totally ignorant post. Totally, totally ignorant. The picture that you try to paint is wrong from the start to the end.

The woman was not driving. The car wasn't moving, the engine wasn't running.
She didn't have the steering wheel in one hand. No need to hold the steering wheel, because the car wasn't moving, the engine wasn't running.
She didn't put a cup of hot coffee between her legs, because she wasn't driving.
She wasn't driving with hot coffee in hand, because she wasn't driving at all. The car wasn't moving.
Which is why there were no bumps in the road, because the car wasn't moving.

McDonald's was selling coffee that was much too hot. They knew it was much too hot, because they had already settled 700 cases. Even though they new it was much too hot, they continued making it much too hot to safe money: They offered free coffee refills, but by making the coffee much too hot they made sure that people couldn't drink their coffee for ages, and wouldn't take McDonald's up on their free coffee refills offer.

So really, if you want to smack someone, why don't you smack yourself?

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The risk of your phone blowing up is probably on a par with getting struck by lightning or winning 100 million on the lottery.

Actually, much lower than the risk of being struck by lightning, and a lot higher than the chance of winning 100 million on the lottery.

Chances of being struck by lightning during your lifetime are estimated around 1 in 6,250. Chances of being struck in a year about one in 500,000.

 

[MN7119]

Was it an iPhone or a HiPhone?

 

[sna]

Oh wow. There's a sky and it's falling. Or should I say it's already fallen and you've wisely avoided it.

I avoided cheating the consumers .. by buying a Product with Micron name on it , while they have untested power supplies , and not proper Shielding .. these things in 1990's were easy not to notice .

anyways .. I am Just talking that this should raise an Alarm. not say why china and not other places .. ASK APPLE WHY

 

[GoCubsGo]

Even though they new it was much too hot, they continued making it much too hot to safe money: They offered free coffee refills, but by making the coffee much too hot they made sure that people couldn't drink their coffee for ages, and wouldn't take McDonald's up on their free coffee refills offer.

Very curious about this statement. It is easy enough to throw ice in coffee to cool it down. It isn't delicious watered down, but it serves the purpose. Point I am trying to get at is whether this is a personal opinion or fact. Do you just assume hotter than average coffee was being served to save money or was it hotter than average because it just was?

My coffee brews at 192º; so says my Keurig.

 

[macchiato2009]

Will Tim take a flight to China to go apologize to this woman ?

 

[Gasu E.]

Very curious about this statement. It is easy enough to throw ice in coffee to cool it down. It isn't delicious watered down, but it serves the purpose. Point I am trying to get at is whether this is a personal opinion or fact. Do you just assume hotter than average coffee was being served to save money or was it hotter than average because it just was?

My coffee brews at 192º; so says my Keurig.

Well, it's even easier to stop buying McD's coffee, which is what I did after I incurred 2nd degree burns on my mouth on two separate occasions. But I'm very curious exactly how your preecription would work, exactly. For example, do you carry around a thermometer for the purpose of testing coffee before you drink it? Or do you actually use your mouth/ lips to test it, adding the ice AFTER your skin starts peeling? Also, where do you get the ice? You can get it from the McD's soda machine; but then, you first have to make sure you test the coffee before you leave the restaurant-- but of course, if it happened to have been the right temperature in the first place, than you would have made it too cool by lifting the lid before you planned to drink it. Of course, you could drive away, and start to drink it while in the car-- then you could drive back to McD's to get the ice. Not very convenient.
Or, finally, McD's could put notes on the coffee recommending you test it before you leave the premises.

Goodness, drinking coffee safely at McDonald's is really, really complicated; it certainly seems to require a lot of planning! Maybe they should put that in their ads! "Not recommended for people who want a quick, simple, safe cup of coffee."

 

[skinned66]

Good advise. Now Apple should run a campaign with their billions of Dollars to inform people of this better. Every day MANY people use broken iPhones.

They still wouldn't stop. Getting it fixed is expensive. AppleCare+ isn't available everywhere but it's also not that popular from my personal anecdotal experience. I have about 20 or so friends with different iPhone models. Only one ever bought AppleCare (not even +) and I can name 4 right now that have cracked or shattered screens.

I remember paying $220 total at an Apple store (Canada) to get my 4S swapped after it debuted because of a shattered screen to keep the warranty. The way things are now if that happened to my phone tomorrow, I couldn't afford that repair for a while.