All that lawsuit talk makes me want to burn my leg as I know how to now my iPod Touch got bricked. When I boot it it will only show the Apple logo and then only turns hot. It's a pity I live in Europe otherwise i would be now in a lot of pain 
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My iPhone Burned me!
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Mine got extremely hot once...
Granted, I only have an original 8GB Edge iPhone...
I didn't think much about it at the time. It was sometime in the fall of 2007 that I was biking to class with my phone in my pocket. I got into the building and connected to wifi, then the aluminum back got VERY hot to the point that I had to put it on a desk to continue to use it, then it locked up and went into refresh mode with the apple logo on a VERY bright screen. At the time I had no idea what to do to get it to force quit because not many people had to do that at that in the early stages (not a whole lot fo problems with it). However, I started pressing buttons like crazy and finally realized that holding down the home button and power button got it to turn off and startup again (what I would later discover to be force restart). This whole ordeal lasted about 3 minutes. The phone was fully charge before it crashed, then when I got it to work after force restarting, it was down to about 25% battery life!!! I had had this problem with my 30GB iPod Color 1.5 years before, but that thing is NOTHING like an iPhone. As a sidenote, I had to force restart that iPod when this happened to it also and that iPod's harddrive failed more than a year ago and I had Apple recycle it. The point of the story is: there must be something wrong with the lithium ion batteries in the devices, much like the firy explosiveness that happened a year or so ago in laptop batteries. I wonder what could have caused it to launch into spontaneous battery draining...software/battery compatibility problems? I really don't know enough to speculate on something like that.
I never reported the issue because I figurd it was something that I had done to cause it to lock up, which led to spontaneous battery draining, but who knows. (It still works pretty darn well!)
Granted, I only have an original 8GB Edge iPhone...
I didn't think much about it at the time. It was sometime in the fall of 2007 that I was biking to class with my phone in my pocket. I got into the building and connected to wifi, then the aluminum back got VERY hot to the point that I had to put it on a desk to continue to use it, then it locked up and went into refresh mode with the apple logo on a VERY bright screen. At the time I had no idea what to do to get it to force quit because not many people had to do that at that in the early stages (not a whole lot fo problems with it). However, I started pressing buttons like crazy and finally realized that holding down the home button and power button got it to turn off and startup again (what I would later discover to be force restart). This whole ordeal lasted about 3 minutes. The phone was fully charge before it crashed, then when I got it to work after force restarting, it was down to about 25% battery life!!! I had had this problem with my 30GB iPod Color 1.5 years before, but that thing is NOTHING like an iPhone. As a sidenote, I had to force restart that iPod when this happened to it also and that iPod's harddrive failed more than a year ago and I had Apple recycle it. The point of the story is: there must be something wrong with the lithium ion batteries in the devices, much like the firy explosiveness that happened a year or so ago in laptop batteries. I wonder what could have caused it to launch into spontaneous battery draining...software/battery compatibility problems? I really don't know enough to speculate on something like that.
I never reported the issue because I figurd it was something that I had done to cause it to lock up, which led to spontaneous battery draining, but who knows. (It still works pretty darn well!)
I have to say, I think you may have written the stupidest post I have ever read on the Internet, and that says a lot. Congrats to you.
Do you have no perception of economics, politics, or science? Because in this post you seemed to have made up hilarious BS concerning all 3.
First off - you realize it is Apple's fault for making shoddy products right? When you give a Chinese factory 80 cents to make a product that costs a dollar then they are going to HAVE to make substandard products. Do you have any compassion for the 14 year olds in the factory that get acid burns every day? Probably not. Typical.
Second - Have you ever been to China or actually looked into how China works? I have. It's not some Maoist Russo-Communist type society. It's more capitalist then the good old U S of A, part of the reason why they are slowly buying out all the companies that offshore their pollution to China in the first place (ironic, no?) They don't "hate" America, the only ones who hate anyone are ignorant fools who like to China bash but gladly shell out 200 bucks to Apple for creating substandard products anyway.
Last, I highly doubt a burn can give you cancer. It's pretty much impossible to know the effect of "cell damage" because of all the outside factors. Your cells are damaged every day. Are you going to sue the Bush Administration for lowering standards on mercury output from factories and power plants, because your little kid is breathing that every day and thats much worse then a burn. What about tainted food that is picked by migrants who are paid 25cents an hour by American aggro-corps?
As you can see these issues are much more complex then your simple look at the issue. I agree, Apple should make better products but it is Apple's fault and not Chinas. The only people who benefit in making these shoddy products are Apple's shareholders and the one or two foreigners or Chinese who own the factory that makes the product.
GG but you fail mate.
Contact your local newspaper, and other media
I have followed the first few pages of this thread, and I also agree, that this is could be a serious matter. Try to stay away from personal injury lawyers.
I suggest you contact your local newspaper, and Time and Newsweek magazines. And don't forget, CNN, MSNBC and FOX news.
I understand from the transcript of your phone call, that Apple is sending you a new phone. Do not send the old phone back, until after you have contacted the various media outlets, if you want to go that route. They may want to take a look at the phone, rather than take your word for it. Once the damaged phone is back in Apple's hands, you don't have a case. Something like this could be a major PR nightmare for them.
This story is now all over the Net, i.e. Gizmodo etc., it'll spread like wildfire.
I have followed the first few pages of this thread, and I also agree, that this is could be a serious matter. Try to stay away from personal injury lawyers.
I suggest you contact your local newspaper, and Time and Newsweek magazines. And don't forget, CNN, MSNBC and FOX news.
I understand from the transcript of your phone call, that Apple is sending you a new phone. Do not send the old phone back, until after you have contacted the various media outlets, if you want to go that route. They may want to take a look at the phone, rather than take your word for it. Once the damaged phone is back in Apple's hands, you don't have a case. Something like this could be a major PR nightmare for them.
This story is now all over the Net, i.e. Gizmodo etc., it'll spread like wildfire.
The OP obviously doesn't have any intention of creating a fuss. He got what he wanted.
To the OP: What are your intentions after contacting Apple support and everything? Has your intentions changed at all?
http://gizmodo.com/5032166/iphone-3g-gets-hot-and-melty-cooks-dudes-leg
Yeah I JUST found this! You made front page Gizmodo!
Yeah I JUST found this! You made front page Gizmodo!
Nothing heard yet, still suprised I made Gizmodo...
Your a celebrity now!!!!, can i have an autograph???
He's no celebrity. But he could be, if he wants to. All he has to do is contact the national media. They love stories like this.
He could be on The View talking with the girls about this iPhone thingy or maybe Oprah and then she could give out free iPhones to everyone in the audience.
Yeah, with a new media popular devise - Any news company would LOVE to have a story like this!
The View.... eh watch out for Whoopie, if you start talking about the color of your iPhone she might become offended!
The View.... eh watch out for Whoopie, if you start talking about the color of your iPhone she might become offended!
Well, think of it this way ... if Apple asks for a picture of your physical damage, you won't go to jail for sending it.
I little less luck and your personal injury due to the iPhone could really have hurt, and got you sent to jail for mailing pics of your privates to Apple's CSRs.
I little less luck and your personal injury due to the iPhone could really have hurt, and got you sent to jail for mailing pics of your privates to Apple's CSRs.
"everyone, This is truly different, this man fell asleep ad woke up to a burning sensation in his pocket, what was it?
it was his iPhone, hot enough to melt the plastic...
Audience- Aww...
Everyone in the audience today will receive a new iPhone 3g!
Audience- Uh... We don't want burning sensations..."
Haha
haha now that the article is everywhere.i am having loads of fun laughing my fool head off at these gizmodo commenters. hillarious stuff ppl and if you are bored like me..id take some time to read a couple
its worth it ;]
haha now that the article is everywhere.i am having loads of fun laughing my fool head off at these gizmodo commenters. hillarious stuff ppl and if you are bored like me..id take some time to read a couple
its worth it ;]
Woo Go Ar!!
northwest AR here, Fort Smith to be precise!
i second the tulsa idea too
You in Arkansas? Fayetteville? LR?
if you're in Ark, you could have drove to Tulsa
Well, good luck on ur new phone
northwest AR here, Fort Smith to be precise!
i second the tulsa idea too
hey! you live in the same town as my grandma. She moved there from Hawaii. Sorry to say I don't visit her very often anymore...