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iPod touch Exploding iPod Touch

iphonefreakz

iphonefreakz

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Hey guys, take a look at this. A 11-year-old teenager Ellie Stanborough her iPod Touch made a hissing noise, became hotter and hotter and finally exploded in the garden.

Ellie Stanborough her father says: “They’re putting a life sentence on myself, my daughter and Ellie’s mum, not to say anything to anyone. If we inadvertently did say anything, no matter what, they would take litigation against us. I thought that was absolutely appalling." 😱

Read the hole story here.
 
They said to keep the terms of the settlement confidential, not to keep the news of the exploding iPod confidential. What is wrong with that? They don't want people trying to blow up their iPods for cash (because I'm sure they gave them more than $229, someone could've been hurt).
 
I have not seen much in MR about all the stories of Apple threatening legal action over bad touchs/iphones.

That's weird, I thought when an OEM makes a defective product they are the responsible party, not the end user!

Shame on Apple, again.
😱
 
Ooh he went public. Did he take the cash?

you know what they say...You break a deal: you spin the wheel.
 
From the photo, looks like a second gen.

looks like the back is bevelled, and no plastic corner tab (the correct side to show that is facing forward... could be reversed pic I suppose..)
 
I think Apple should be looking into this more carefully. This is not an isolated incident, according to the article.
 
They very well might be - although they would never admit to it...

This sort of thing was summed up quite well by Ed Norton in Fight Club... something to do with cost of projected settlement versus cost of recall.
 
This is probably an isolated incident. There are so many iPod touches at my school, not one has gotten "hot" or "exploded". I'm willing to bet they probably were at fault here.
 
apple & product is cool. but sometimes they are not in this case. actually, family sued for explosion against Apple. unfortunately Apple was threating them not to get sued. apple tried to block this bad incident this way. I don't think that is not really cool at all. that's why nowadays I start to hate apple. they seem to turn themselves as arrogant axx.
 
Wait a second. If I am reading this correctly, this happened after he dropped the ipod.

quote from article. "Ken Stanborough, 47, from Liverpool, dropped his 11-year-old daughter Ellie’s iPod Touch last month....."

This is not something that just happened. He dropped it and then it caused problems. Am I missing something here? I don't think this has anything to do with batteries. It has everything to do with dropping the ipod.
 
mojohanna said:
Wait a second. If I am reading this correctly, this happened after he dropped the ipod.

quote from article. "Ken Stanborough, 47, from Liverpool, dropped his 11-year-old daughter Ellie’s iPod Touch last month....."

This is not something that just happened. He dropped it and then it caused problems. Am I missing something here? I don't think this has anything to do with batteries. It has everything to do with dropping the ipod.
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It exploded!! Not because it was pounded with a hammer, microwaved, subjected to extreme heat or placed on a train track to see what would happen when the 2:30 came through, but merely from being dropped. LOL it's an iPod not an incendiary device.
 
iphonefreakz said:
Hey guys, take a look at this. A 11-year-old teenager Ellie Stanborough her iPod Touch made a hissing noise, became hotter and hotter and finally exploded in the garden.

Ellie Stanborough her father says: “They’re putting a life sentence on myself, my daughter and Ellie’s mum, not to say anything to anyone. If we inadvertently did say anything, no matter what, they would take litigation against us. I thought that was absolutely appalling." 😱

Read the hole story here.
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Top Secret Self Destructing iPod... We have an app for that...
 
tadad1 said:
It exploded!! Not because it was pounded with a hammer, microwaved, subjected to extreme heat or placed on a train track to see what would happen when the 2:30 came through, but merely from being dropped. LOL it's an iPod not an incendiary device.
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You know these Apple fantatics would defend Apple if the iPod Touch pulled out a 9 millimeter and shot someone in the chest. "They should've been wearing a bulletproof vest, DUH!"
 
hamish5178 said:
They said to keep the terms of the settlement confidential, not to keep the news of the exploding iPod confidential. What is wrong with that? They don't want people trying to blow up their iPods for cash (because I'm sure they gave them more than $229, someone could've been hurt).
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I doubt this is true. Apple just don't want bad publicity.
 
I wonder if the consumer abuse sensor would have helped 😕

...or, most likely be ruined by the explosion! 😱

I have not heard of this happening to the Touch, but the Nano is a whole different story 🙁

This was most likely an isolated incident. The fact that Apple users usually turn into Apple enthusiasts, makes this incident be heard loud n' clear throughout the world because people don't realize this stuff happens to other manufactures all the time!!! It's not that big of a deal, because the product was NEVER that big of a deal 😉

Apple is in the spotlight now 😉 ...it can be good and bad at times 😎
 
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