Another iPhone Explodes, This Time In Brazil

[Larry-G]

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Another report has come in of a user's iPhone exploding, this time in Brazil. In contrast to this week's earlier episode, this one looks to be in worse condition.

A Brazilian website, Blog Do iPhone, reports that a user - Ayla Mota woke up to a bad smell and saw that sparks were flying from the screen of her iPhone 4 and that the room was full of smoke. She unplugged the device from the wall outlet and opened the window to let out the smoke before leaving for safety. She was thankfully not hurt.

This is not the first incident we've seen. Earlier this week, a Regional Express passenger's iPhone "self-combusted" just after landing in Sydney. That device was either an iPhone 4 or an iPhone 4S. Ayla Mota's was an iPhone 4 that she had recently bought in France, and her warranty only covers devices bought in Brazil.

It's unclear as to what the ultimate cause of each incidence was, and whether or not it's related to the recent start of iPhone production in Brazil.


http://www.iphonehacks.com/2011/12/another-iphone-explodes-this-time-in-brazil.html

[pooface]

Now that's not good advertising for apple... lol

[Mr. Mister]

Imagine if that had happened when you were chatting on the phone.. !!

Could have been pretty nasty..

[Larry-G]

Imagine if that had happened when you were chatting on the phone.. !!

Could have been pretty nasty..

would be even worse if it had happened while in a pocket snuggled up against the old crown jewels.

[silverfox0786]

would be even worse if it had happened while in a pocket snuggled up against the old crown jewels.

ouch is all im gonna say

but not good for apple i think a product recall is in apples best interests replace all handsets for new ones

but that wont happen for a while as the nano took around 7 years for them to realise and do a recall