“External Force” Caused Exploding iPhones, Says Apple
August 31, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Under fire for covering up incidents of exploding iPhones and iPods, Apple asserts these were caused by “external forces”.
In a statement to the AFP, Apple says ” 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 analysed to date show that in all cases the glass cracked due to an external force that was applied to the iPhone.”
In non-marketese layman-friendly terms, Apple is characterizing these incidents as isolated, most likely caused by user carelessness. What’s interesting …read more
