Apple’s woes with iPhone 4 don’t seem to end. BoyGeniusReports is reporting that an iPhone 4 apparently caught fire and burnt the users hand.
BGR has published pictures of the damaged iPhone 4, which was sent to them by one of their reliable sources who works in AT&T’s retail store.
According to BGR:
It’s the first time our guy has seen this happen (us too), but the brand new iPhone 4 caught on fire while being hooked up to a computer using the Apple USB cable that accompanied the device. The customer wanted to exchange the iPhone — obviously — for a new, non-charred unit however the AT&T store in question was out of stock. An Apple Store did confirm to our AT&T connection that this did appear to be a defective USB port and not some sort of user error. Our source went onto say that the phone bezel was extremely hot (obviously), and it slightly burned the customers hand.
This is the first time we’ve heard of an iPhone catching fire. Last year, we had heard reports of iPhones exploding but Apple had responded that based on their investigation it was due to users exerting external force and not due to any battery problem that many had speculated.
Let’s just hope its an isolated incident.
[via BGR]
Is it just me or does everone's iPhone 4 get very hot on the back glass from long term use or charging?
Thats the same with any iPhone, no?
My 3GS gets hot after prolonged use, or charging.
Yes mine get very warm aswell especially when talking on the phone
my 3g has always got hot after lots of usage and charging too
I don't know if any of you have noticed that with the new 4.0 the iPhone stops charging the battery once the batt is full?
You idiots…., all phones get hot or any other electrical appliance in use…, unless there is some type of cooling system like with computers and even then…
Steve jobs 2 weeks ago : don't hold it like that !
Steve jobs tomorrow : don't hold it !
lol 1 month on … dont buy it.
does calling people names make u feel like a big man u dick wad go fuck your grandma u inbreed fuck in the ass
I have a great story to add…. And proof apple was giving MacBooks out to replace computer because of iPhones 3Gs' catching fire. It was based on a particular USB cable people were using to charge their phones. If the cable was improperly inserted and the phone left, the battery would explode. I have lots of proof including fire dept reports.
Links?
I had an almost identical thing happen to my 3G or 3GS i cant recall which one now, it was some time ago, I didnt see it happen when i came home the end of the plug was melted and black in parts very similar to this, perhaps not quite as severe, no damage to the phone and It's still working fine, however I counted my lucky stars that day,I could have come home to a burned down house if it wasn't resting on metal surface.
of course not or he wouldve put them on.
After 4 days of heavy web surfing my first i4 screen went all white then all black. It was still working even though I couldn't see anything. I hooked it up to iTunes to wipe it clean of all my stuff on the phone which took hours. The phone got so hot I had to wave it around to cool it down as I was sure it might go up in flames. It sucked as that phone had good reception. Full bars no matter how I held it being a lefty. My new phone no so good.
"does calling people names make u feel like a big man u dick wad go fuck your grandma u inbreed fuck in the ass"
Looks like it makes you think you're one.
I mean really… USB voltages causing a fire? I think this is FUD. Can't believe no one else picked up on it. Just goes to show how little people understand about electricity.
it's not voltage dude its current that causes things like that to happen…. go place a spanner on a car battery's terminals, and watch it melt, thats only 12V…… how much people know about electricity…………
I have noticed from day 1 that whenever i charge my iPhone 4 from computer it gets real hot. specially the antennas. This seems a serious issue.
Nowadays, iPhone seems unreliable, lucky me i didn't buy on their first day or else i'd regret. Seems like Apple don't test their products before selling it to public.. Apple, apple..
Look I'm sure it's one of those hidden features from ios 4.0.
I could see parents after charging there iPhone 4 then giving it to there 3 year old, the child dropping it cause it was to hot. Not good apple even if the phone was made for adults ppl do let there kids play with the phone. I could see the lawsuits, my child hand was burned because of this hot fancy antenna and it was dropped so glass is every where.
Steve says your plugging it in wrong….
Steve says your plugging it in wrong….
Is he sure he plugged it into a USB port?
My girlfriend burnt her phone and cord by
Accidently plugging it inti an IEEE port.
Yeah, but how many amps are being pushed through USB? If i remember correctly the specification is 0.5 amps. A car battery can go upto 600A
You are right about the current…van de graaf generators holds 100's of thousands of volts. Correct me if I'm wrong though, they hold such a minute current it doesn't do anything to the body..
This seems really bogus to me. Cause the only thing that would burn it that bad would be the battery…but either the battery explodes or it doesn't.
The incident happened to me… I will try and copy emails, and receipts… If you guys want more information I'll definately shoot you an email.
There you go. Problem solved. lol
So dangerous apple's antenna..:S
Idiot
From what I recall of discussions on charging current this would have to be a fault of both the phone and the USB port. The USB port can't force the phone to draw more current than it will accept, likewise the phone can't draw more current than the port provides. The port shouldn't have provided enough current for this to happen, but similarly, the phone should not have drawn enough current for this to happen.
It was obviously a religious motivated act of terror. A yet unknown group implemented tiny bombs in every iphone!
As we do not have any specefic informations on the groups motivations and goals, there is nothing to do but to wait and hope they wont start blowing up every iPhone they have controll over.
Steve Jobbs replied to the group saying he will not tolerate anyone to do damage to his iImperium. He also advised the owners of an iPhone to use a bumper case to protect themselves from a possible explosion. He added that holding the iPhone in a certain way might block the signal to and from the iPhone and it could be used to prevent the terrorists to remotely set off the iBomb. He called this grip the "LifeGrip".
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