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EU Says iPhones Will Be Pulled, If Proven Dangerous

September 28th, 2009 at 06:00pm Under Hot Apple News+ Iphone

The European Union isn’t taking reports of potentially dangerous iPhone malfunctions lightly. EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva issued a warning today that iPhones will be pulled from store shelves if it turns out recent screen explosions are hardware-based problems.
Kuneva says the issue is now in the hands of independent labs checking to see [...]

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Apple: “Exploding” iPhones succumbed to external pressure

August 31st, 2009 at 06:30am Under Hot Apple News

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, iPhone

There’s been much news of “exploding” iPhones lately. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, the European Commission formally asked Apple to investigate a series of reports that users’ iPhones were abruptly cracking and/or catching fire. According to the French periodical Les Echos, an iPhone in Aix-en-Provence, France, started to “crackle and pop like a deep-frier” before breaking violently apart.

This past Friday, Apple said that, in all cases, the iPhones in question were damaged by an “external force,” not a faulty battery or glass screen:

“To date, there are no confirmed battery overheating incidents for iPhone 3GS and the number of reports we are investigating is in the single digits. The iPhones with broken glass that we have analyzed to date show that in all cases the glass cracked due to an external force that was applied to the iPhone.”

It does seem odd that at least four cases have been reported in France in short order. Still, it’s even stranger that iPhones would suddenly turn into Molotov cocktails. We’ll keep you updated on this story.

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