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European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating

Posted by Soulskill on from the marketed-as-the-only-incendiary-device-you'll-ever-need dept.

jones_supa sends word that Apple has launched an exchange program for European iPhone USB power adapters. The company says its A1300 adapters were bundled with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S models, and were also sold on their own from Oct. 2009 to Sept. 2012. The reason for the recall is that the adapters "may overheat and pose a safety risk." No further details are provided (a YouTube video shows a teardown of the device).

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  1. That sucks. by B33rNinj4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like global warming is impacting everything now.

  2. Sigh by ledow · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the "geniuses of design" that brought you "drag the cd to the wastebin to eject it", "no physical cd eject button", "imacs with power buttons you can't feel on the back of them", "phones that you lose signal on if you hold while using them to call" and more...

    Now we have "over-stuffed proprietary charger that overheats".

    1. Re:Sigh by newcastlejon · · Score: 2

      perhaps you can show us where the "eject" button is?

      Top-right hand corner of the keyboard.

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    2. Re:Sigh by ArcadeMan · · Score: 2

      Tell your average granny or joe sixpack off the street to go take a paperclip to that stupid little hole an they will look at you like you've got a second head.

      I know how that feels.

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    3. Re:Sigh by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      If only it were those six... Overheating CPUs due to excessive thermal paste, moisture sensors that invalidated your warranty due to high humidity, using cheap 6 bit panels but claiming "millions of colours", batteries that die quickly due to having to support an inadequate charger during heavy loads, being able to crash any app by typing "file:///"... Of course many other companies are no better, the point being that Apple screw up as much as anyone.

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  3. Re:"May" is not a synonym for "prone". by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Usually they don't issue recalls over completely unsubstantiated hypotheticals.

  4. Obviously... by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're holding it wrong.

    1. Re:Obviously... by mu51c10rd · · Score: 2

      They're holding it wrong.

      Quite incorrect. I believe the late Steve Jobs would tell them they are charging it wrong.

  5. Re:"May" is not a synonym for "prone". by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apple obviously does.

    This isn't a 3rd party saying it, this is Apple themselves.

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  6. Not surprising by Emperor+Tiberius · · Score: 2

    I had a PowerBook charger nearly catch fire back in the day. Had I not caught the burning smell, I might have lost my whole house.

    I'm always a little cagey about leaving laptops plugged in unattended nowadays.

  7. Only if you have the original iPhone by dZap · · Score: 2

    The page says "We will need to verify your iPhone serial number as part of the exchange process so please bring your iPhone with you." so if you don't have the iPhone the charger came with they will not replace it. They are still dangerous and still made by Apple so why not replace them?