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Apple Faces Inquiries In the EU On iPhone Accidents
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."
Was it really necessary to link to the iPop advertisements 3 times?
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The biggest accident is that the iPhone was ever released to the public.
The more that companies have moved Western production (American, EU, Japan, Canada, etc) to Chinese manufacturing, the more injuries there has been occurring. I wonder if the price saved is worth the lawsuits?
Now THAT -IS- interesting.
I mean, it appears to me as though Apple found a couple of cases where it wasn't the battery and they're trying to promote the idea that their product is safe before admitting that there is a defect.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the batteries went through alot of QA before they were shipped, and they were much safer then previous batteries used. But its still the same technology, and there will be rare cases where users will put strain on their devices that weren't tested. And by that I don't mean excessive pressure to the screen, I mean having the iPhone in a dusty environment, things start overheating, lots of stuff like that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Things that use L I batteries have exploded before in the past, it's just become common that everyone owns either an iPod or an iPhone, so when 13 or more stories arise of exploding Apple devices people take notice.
I'm not sure this is a correct assumption. Surely laptops and netbooks and hundreds of other models of phones all run on the same kind of Li+ battery, but only these ones are the ones that are exploding (or at least the ones that are reported). You can say what you want about which ones do and don't get reported, but exploding phones/computers I would think would get covered regardless of brand, leading me to believe that THIS particular Li+ battery (the iPhone) is at least somewhat more suspectible to explosion.
The cell phone app?
You mean, when you use the FUCKING PHONE as a FUCKING PHONE?
On a side note, I think I need a new phone.
Mine is starting to get hot whenever I make calls. Never used to before.
Damned external forces.
Gravity.
Atmospheric pressure.
Radiation pressure from the light of your mackbook pro's lcd.
I thought the reality distortion field was supposed to block such harmful forces.
The EU smells money.
Will Apple escape? Or will the EU leech off of them endlessly like they do with MS?
Should the EU not intervene on behalf of its citizens? I think this is exactly the kind of thing a governmental body should do, step in to protect people when corporations decide to do something stupid.
Who in their right mind would send the murder weapon to the murderer, first class?
It's not the best analogy, but the fact is these people can not trust Apple with the evidence, it might get "lost", and no matter what Apple says the problem is they sure as hell aren't sending back the unit.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
.Guess what two pieces AREN'T covered for in the Warranty? Battery and power supply. Even the Manufacturers warranty for the battery is shorter than the manufacturers warranty for the laptop. This is simply because they are succeptable to ALOT of failure. Now the great thing about laptop batteries is that they are usually completely encased in plastic, and if one "explodes" - its pretty difficult to tell
Also the battery in a typical laptop (even a typical phone) is an easily replacable part. Which isn't the case with the Apple devices.
Does no one else find the makeipodsafe.com site to be an obvious (and hilarious) parody?
* There are millions of Apple products out there at the customers...
* According to the last ones which already explode and went on fire...
* How to avoid iPhone from exploding
* Lots more...
And this?
C'mon people; that's comedy gold.
Now THAT -IS- interesting.
I mean, it appears to me as though Apple found a couple of cases where it wasn't the battery and they're trying to promote the idea that their product is safe before admitting that there is a defect.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the batteries went through alot of QA before they were shipped, and they were much safer then previous batteries used.
Why are you assuming that this has anything to do with the battery being defective? How do we know that this was not caused by either the backlight exploding directly from pressure or from the backlight exploding and causing damage to the lithium battery which then exploded?
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
actually, this is both old news (Apple already received then units, and commented that all 11 ruptured due to external, not internal pressures exrted on the devices, and none of this was consistent from device to device) but further, and more to the point, the 3GS does NOT use a LiIon battery, but an advanced LiPo battery, which is not subject to cascade cell faulure, nor outgassing when overheated. Further, since LiPos have a MUCH greater discharge rate, shorting the battery alone is not a danger where with LiIon this will almost certainly cause dangerous conditions.
Battery or not - its defective if its not the user applying too much pressure. Point is that Apple is denying that its their fault.
I just wagered it was the battery because those have been the cause for exploding mini devices in the past.
Yeah, because a cell phone that explodes under too much pressure is the fault of the owner. It's not like these things ever get sat on or dropped. Exploding is a perfectly reasonable failure mode for these rare, 1-in-a-brazillion scenarios.
What, exactly, do they do, that is easier than sliding a latch, sliding out the old battery, and sliding the new one in? That's how every laptop I've ever had was set up.
Serious question here, I really want to know.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Thick and heavy gadgets won't cut it in today's market. My 1st gen iPhone is at the "barely tolerable" size, weight and thickness -- any bigger and I would be loath to carry it in my pocket when I don't have a shoulder bag with me.
Nobody wants to go back to the 90s when people were carrying around brick phones.