Exploding iPhones — yet iPhones still HOT!
August 26, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Apple
In Europe, the iPhones are exploding. And we don’t know why. Apple still has yet to determine if this is an isolated case within Europe or something to do with the iPhone itself. Reports have been sent in of actual screen cracking, with some of the shards proving fairly deadly if held close to the face of victims.
“We want to know if this is an isolated incident as they claim, or a real problem involving the iPhone – in which case, what are they planning by way of compensation and to prevent it happening again?” said a spokesman.
In the British case Apple came under fire for allegedly asking the young girl’s family to sign a confidentiality agreement – slammed as a “gagging order” – before it would agree to refund her.
In the latest French incident, Rolland Caufman, a pensioner from the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Sec, says his iPhone screen broke up on July 21, the week after he bought it.
iPhones are starting to heat up inside pockets, vibrate, and the screen starts to crack. No, we highly doubt that this is a viral campaign for District 9. But yeah, it is a scary thought. Apple however has been dealing with the situation in their usual gag order affair, replacing iPhones but asking a confidentiality agreement to be signed.
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