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Iphone 3G explodes in France

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Bodygard

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Aug 12, 2009
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I saw this a while ago:

PARIS — An 18-year-old man in Aix-en-Provence, France, was injured when his girlfriend's iPhone 3G burst under normal use. Pieces of glass struck him in the eye, according to French newspaper La Provence.

The iPhone, bought two months ago, started to crackle insistently. The display then began to crack and threw fragments no bigger than half a millimeter, the teenager notified.

The victim's mother contacted Apple's after-sales service and was told that an iPhone could not burst and that the problem was certainly due to a battery overheating.

The victim said he has decided to register a complaint against Apple, reported La Provence.

It is the law of series for US electronics giant Apple Inc. Indeed, last week, an iPod touch belonging to 11 year-old Ellie Stanborough of Liverpool, England, started hissing and emitting vapor before an explosion sent it flying ten feet into the air.

In 2008, officials in the Japanese government confirmed that an investigation had been launched into why an iPod nano began sparking while it was being recharged. The incident happened in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo.
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Source: http://eetimes.eu/wireless/219200313

Pretty scary...:eek:
 
That's what you get when you continue to hold a hissing, vapor emitting phone. Chunks of glass in your face. Way to support Darwin, Apple!
 
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One in a million - I'll take my chances and keep using my iPhone...
 
Reclaim3r said:
That's what you get when you continue to hold a hissing, vapor emitting phone. Chunks of glass in your face. Way to support Darwin, Apple!
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One: The iPod was hissing and emitting vapor, not the phone. The phone more than likely had no warning signs.
Two: A consumer's phone explodes and you blame the user!? Your statement disgusts me
 
So is Apple going to try and give this guy a replacement 3GS as long as he keeps quiet about it, lol. I'd probably only sign that contract if Apple would give me 10 3GSs, or if I knew I'd be getting about $100,000 since the guy did get injured.
 
Happened to me too.

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What an odd story. Well, a couple of bucks to the kid and all will be right.

Under the rug it will go.
 
Unspoken Demise said:
I'm surprised the second the phone started acting hostile the French guy didnt drop it and wave a white flag...
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I don't care who you are, the above is funny !!!

Poor kid was heard screaming " Je me rends ! " as he ran for the hills.

Now on to a more sane note ....

If ANY battery powered device begins to hiss/sizzle this would be an indication that the battery vent may have become clogged or the battery is discharging at a rate higher than the vent was designed to handle.

I routinely handle high current LI-PO battery packs and I can tell you those things can be downright dangerous if the discharge rate is excessive. I have seen packs swell up to two/three times normal size and not explode. In some cases I have seen them explode and catch fire in use.

These are used in battery powered larger radio controlled aircraft, and on a few occasions we have seen aircraft burst into flames and plummet to the ground.

We know all to well to walk quickly away from a hissing pack.

Some will try to disconnect the pack before departing the area, but they would be the ones you might read about in the news.

If an iPod/iPhone battery vent failed to operate I could see the pack swelling to the point it would cause the case to split open. Should the pack decide to explode, I could see it launching the device it was installed in.

I have seen guys take the LI-PO packs and INTENTIONALLY charge them too fast and discharge them too fast just to demonstrate what can happen. Of course this was done remotely and at a safe distance!!!

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benflick said:
One: The iPod was hissing and emitting vapor, not the phone. The phone more than likely had no warning signs.
Two: A consumer's phone explodes and you blame the user!? Your statement disgusts me
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The article said the iPhone was crackling... but sheesh... take a joke kid
 
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