French Exploding Over iPhone
by Frank Jovine on 08/26/2009 in Gadgets, Tech
Not entirely true, but the Apple iPhone is the culprit. There has been at least a half a dozen new cases of “exploding iPhones” emerged in France as of today, as Apple faced an official inquiry and calls to come clean over possible risks linked to its wildly popular smartphone.
The good news is – none of the incidents has caused a serious injury.
Is there something fishy in France or did they just get a bad batch of defected iPhones. There has only been one incident reported outside of France and that was in Britain. There have been almost 15 incidents of iPod music players over heating and bursting into flames in the United States, but so far that has been squelched.
Exploding Incidents – Source AFP
- An 80-year-old pensioner from the Paris suburbs said Wednesday his iPhone screen cracked up in his hands, a day after a supermarket watchman claimed he was hurt in the eye when his screen suddenly shattered this week.
- Ten French consumers have now come forward saying their iPhone screens exploded or cracked without explanation, according to an AFP tally, including a first case in mid-August in which a teenager suffered an eye injury.
- 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.
“I went out shopping, with my iPhone in my left pocket, when I suddenly felt it heat up and start vibrating — even though I never use the vibrate setting. I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear — and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen,” he told AFP. Caufman says Apple initially refused to believe him, before finally sending him a free replacement.
- On Tuesday, 26-year-old security guard Yassine Bouhadi, claimed he was hit in the eye with a glass shard when the screen of his iPhone cracked up. He said he would seek a full refund and file suit for damages.
- French mobile phone operator Orange said it had been contacted by two customers with shattered iPhone screens, out of 1.2 million iPhones sold.
I am sure this incident or incidents for that matter are far from over.
Kikolani
Aug 26th, 2009
“I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear — and saw the screen crack”
How did he see the screen crack? Through his ear??
Sometimes I wonder if people drop them, they break, and then they hear about one person whose phone has a freak accident and then they just jump on the “it exploded” bandwagon.
~ Kristi
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Neva Flores
Aug 26th, 2009
So…do we call them Baked Apple IPhones now or…..?
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TyleW
Aug 26th, 2009
This is pretty crazy…I’m not sure what to think on this one. Is the iphone really messed up? Or are people just crazy…? I will say that most of these stories sound a little fishy to me
Frank J
Aug 27th, 2009
Tyler,
They seem fishy to me to, but hey you never know.
Hicham
Aug 27th, 2009
This is very interesting Frank but I wonder about ‘AP’ when saying An 80-year-old pensioner from the Paris … Hummm! 80 years old and is using iPhone
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Frank J
Aug 28th, 2009
Hicham,
The story like I said sounds fishy.
Joanie
Aug 30th, 2009
Just goes to show they should have bought a crackberry — uh, blackberry — instead!
I guess some 80-somethings might use an iphone, but I think they’d definitely be the exception!
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Frank J
Aug 30th, 2009
Joanie,
Too funny! Thanks for the laugh!