Apple News » explosions http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple All you ever need to know about Apple! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:15:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 EU Says iPhones Will Be Pulled, If Proven Dangerous http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple/2009/09/28/eu-says-iphones-will-be-pulled-if-proven-dangerous/ http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple/2009/09/28/eu-says-iphones-will-be-pulled-if-proven-dangerous/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:20 +0000 Darrell Etherington http://theappleblog.com/?p=33181 ]]> http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple/2009/09/28/eu-says-iphones-will-be-pulled-if-proven-dangerous/feed/ 0 Apple: “Exploding” iPhones succumbed to external pressure http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple/2009/08/31/apple-exploding-iphones-succumbed-to-external-pressure/ http://www.brandsonly.nl/apple/2009/08/31/apple-exploding-iphones-succumbed-to-external-pressure/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:30:00 +0000 Dave Caolo http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/30/apple-exploding-iphones-succumbed-to-external-pressure/ Filed under: , ,

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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