Apple Faces Inquiries In the EU On iPhone Accidents

Posted by kdawson on Friday August 28, 2009 @05:03AM from the or-are-you-just-glad-to-see-me dept.

o'reor writes "As more cases of iPhone screen explosions emerge in the news on this side of the pond, Apple is now facing official inquiries and lawsuits in France. This situation has forced Apple finally to break silence and acknowledge the incidents: 'We are aware of these reports and we are waiting to receive the iPhones from the customers. Until we have the full details, we don't have anything further to add.' Following those reports, the European Commission had already decided last week to step in, while Apple tried to dismiss the problem as 'isolated incidents.' Meanwhile, iPhone explosion-related sites are now popping up on the Internet, releasing games such as iPop to chill out and relax on the subject, but also giving users advice on preventing iPhone accidents, or detecting imminent explosions."

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It's a new app... by Pezistential · 2009-08-28 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

iExplode
Clearly by VoiceInTheDesert · 2009-08-28 05:09 · Score: 5, Funny

This is all lies and slander. Don't you guys watch Mac adds? They don't HAVE any issues. They work all the time and never glitch up, much less explode! Psh to all this microsoft propaganda.
Dante's iNferno? by fimchick · 2009-08-28 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny

If your iPhone explodes and kills you, do you go to Apple Hell where everything runs on Windows?
Don't Panic by Drakkenmensch · 2009-08-28 05:21 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm typing this on my iPhone right now, and everything is just fi
France.. by kevinNCSU · 2009-08-28 06:56 · Score: 4, Funny

There's been several exploding iPhone incidents in France. While Apple claims they are isolated unintentional incidents the French Government issued a formal Surrender to Apple just in case.