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Apple's Amsterdam Store Evacuated After iPad Battery Explodes (9to5mac.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the too-hot-to-handle dept.

Slashdot readers radi0man and DeBaas report of an exploding iPad battery in Apple's Amsterdam store. DeBaas writes: An exploding iPad led to the Amsterdam Apple store being evacuated, as reported by 9to5mac and local news in dutch. The store reopened after the fire brigade ventilated the store. 9to5Mac notes that this is the third evacuation this year of an Apple store due to an exploding battery -- the other two were from iPhones. The iPad and its punctured battery were put in a container of sand after it exploded. No major injuries were reported, however, "three employees who experienced trouble breathing were treated by first responders," reports 9to5Mac.

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  1. Devices always plugged in by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It seems that keeping the iPads/iPhones plugged into an electric outlet all the time, and running all the time, has an unexpected outcome. Moreover we're in summer...

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  2. Bucket of sand by Tough+Love · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple employees secured the iPad and punctured battery in a container of sand after it exploded.

    So, a quick thinking genius ran down to the canal and quickly scooped up a bucket of sand? No, this is the standard bucket of sand you always keep on hand because you are surround by Apple products.

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    1. Re:Bucket of sand by Tough+Love · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Apple employees secured the iPad and punctured battery in a container of sand after it exploded.

      So, a quick thinking genius ran down to the canal and quickly scooped up a bucket of sand? No, this is the standard bucket of sand you always keep on hand because you are surround by Apple products.

      Wow, this is really organized. Apple employees going sent out to all the social networking sites to spin and downmod. Hey guys, fix your products instead. Do you think that nobody notices you doing this?

      More Apple Scientology downmod tactics. What a disgusting company. Fix your products. There are so many reports of Apple products exploding.
      Here is another one.

      Snip: "I am a very loyal Apple customer with an outrageous number of products so this news is devastating. I can’t afford to repair it and my work depends on me using my laptop so I am not sure what to do at the moment. There must be other people out there that have experienced their Apple products battery swelling/expanding/exploding."

      It would not be surprising at all if this post disappears from Apple's site shortly.

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