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Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones
Shome writes "Apple has stated that there is no evidence that recent iPhone explosions reported by users are connected to overheating of batteries.
It may be stated that French consumer affairs authorities have started their own investigation on the reported explosions, some of which have caused minor injuries to the users, and are studying the phone's safety features.
The Inquirer runs a piece that blames Apple for blaming its customers. 'This mysterious force is not God, or a rival religion, nor does it require any metaphysics to understand. An "external force" is just Apple's term for the black shirted people who believe that everything that Apple makes is wonderful. It is what other companies call their "customers," writes Nick Farrell.'"
And I would like to blame the Inquirer for blaming Apple for blaming the customers.
Still plenty of blame to go around...
Turns out the battery is susceptible to exposition to Reality Distortion Fields in excess of 750 milliJobs
there was a hard drive clicking issue with current MBP's and 7200rpm drives, including freeze ups. people took them to Apple stores and were told it was a feature.
the iMetronome?
I keep my iPhone in my back pocket. It's not directly under me, taking my full weight, but I am partially sitting on it. So far no explosions. Also today I am wearing a black shirt. Though, I'd like to say in my defense that I don't always wear black shirts.
Yeah sure, it is never Apples fault.
Oh please. On Slashdot Apple's guilty until proven innocent.
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Lawnmowers cut things, hands included. Coffee is hot, and it can sear skin just like any other kind of hot water. Reasonable people expect these things. Reasonable people should not expect that their phone, which is designed to be placed next to the head to make phone calls, could explode if the screen cracks. A reasonable person might expect some kind of danger to the person using the phone if one had, say, run the phone over with a car, and if that's what these people were doing then maybe they got what one would expect. But if it was caused by a minor shock or a particularly heavy guy sitting on it, the design of the phone should not be such that it would explode.
Apple has libberously documented each suspected case...
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Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones
Gee, I thought that explosions are always caused by internal forces... almost by definition!
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WAKE UP. Take that phone out of your back pocket and never put it there again (even while you're standing).
You have been warned - this is your only warning. If you don't follow this imperative order, you have NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF for the consequences.
Your pink ballgown is at the dry cleaners?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
sorry, forced to use Fracking IE 6 at work, no in-line spell check... Wish it were not the case.
Sorry, even in this economy, it's not that hard to find a new job, if you have a minimum amount of talent. And lots of employers do supply workstations with firefox.
Apple needs to study Nintendo products. Seriously. I think they CAN withstand the equivalent of a 747 impact.