Apple has issued a recall for the Ultracompact USB Power Adapter that were shipped with every iPhone 3G in the form of an exchange program.
As per the support page:
“Apple has determined that under certain conditions the new ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. We have received reports of detached blades involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported.”
You can get the details of the safety notice and exchange program after the jump.
A warning on the support page reads:
“Users with ultracompact power adapters should immediately stop using them until they exchange them for a new, redesigned ultracompact adapter.”
The issue affects ultracompact adapters that were supplied with every iPhone 3G or may have also been purchased separately as an accessory in US, Japan, Canada, Mexico and several Latin American countries.
So if you are an iPhone 3G user in any of countries mentioned above, Apple has advised users to immediately stop using the ultracompact adapter and users should charge their iPhone 3G by connecting it to their computer with the USB cable that came with their iPhone or by using a standard-sized Apple USB Power Adapter (with fold up prongs) or with a third party adapter until they can receive a replacement.
Its important to note here that the USB power adapters supplied with original iPhones or supplied with iPhone 3G units sold in other countries are not affected.
The exchange program starts on October 10th, and there are two ways to exchange your adapter with the new one:
- Order a replacement adapter via the web using this link. These replacement adapters will ship within three weeks of your order, starting on Friday, October 10.
- Exchange your adapter at an Apple Retail Store starting on October 10.
The replacement (safe) adapters will have a single green dot on the bottom, as seen below.
You can get more details about the exchange program at Apple.com.
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It sounds like apple is running into problems with just about everything they touch. The iphone 3g sucks. Blackberrys rule, they were here first and will be here forever. apple is just a copycat company, they suck. OSX, leopard, tiger, all that gay shit sucks my a$$, all of you apple freaks suck.
@Dude
Honestly, I don't really like Apple. All I own is the iPhone, but I've been pretty happy with it. BESIDES the utter horrible quality control. I've been through about 5 phones so far–EACH one having dust under the screen, dead pixels, etc. (For everyone who think they have a "perfect" phone, take a GOOD look at it. I'm sure you'll notice some things that are out of place.)
But saying something like "Blackberrys rule" makes you seem like more of a fanboy than anyone with experience.
blackberrys suck and if your here to bash the best phone ever to be produced get the fucc out of here this is an iphone website you fuccen amateur.
i had a gutt feeling about these adapters i like the other one the one for the 1st generation but it tended to fall off my wall outlet but you could tell it was quality. but for now ill be using my xbox 360 to charge my iphone i love it how from 20% charge to 80% takes less than an hour.
To the dude with some experience,
Stop praising blackberry you idiot. Blackberries are inherently insecure devices, keys can be broken in no time. Police force and other organizations work closely with RIM you idiot. Big brother is watching your every step.
Now back to iphone 3G, iphone 3G is a device that has most sophisticated OS ever made for mobile phone. As of September 9, 2008, there are over 3,000 applications officially available for the iPhone.
Good luck with your plastique pathetic little blackberry.
ok, I am not a fanboy, period, end of story. Have any of you even used a blackberry, Ok thats what I thought. Personally i have used the iphone and the iphone 3g, and besides its "really cool" touch screen, it isnt that great. I'll give it to you, its great to combine 2 devices into one, but the user interface on the 3g is not that intuitive and is lacking the original ipod feel of the click wheel. Personally i dont like typing with a touch screen and the blackberry allows me to have a full key pad. To "another dude with more experience" when you say the 3g has the most sophisticated OS ever on a mobile phone, thats not necessarily a good thing. I love the blackberry because its simple and easy to use, not messy and indefinably expandable.
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