First a car fire because of an iPhone, then a exploding iPod Touch in the garden of an 11 year old girl, and now another exploding device. This time it’s the iPhone that exploded. A boy wanted to take a closer look at the iPhone of his girlfriend, but it ended up being a nasty experience. The iPhone exploded in his hands and pieces of glass flew in his eyes. The worried mother didn’t wait, and immediately called the Consumer Service of Apple.
Apple updated their supportpage, by adding warnings about preventing the overheating of the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS. One might think that Apple finally admits the overheating of the iPhones, but that’s not the case. The supportdocument already exist at least one month. It still is the first time Apple officially makes notice of the overheating of the iPhone 3GS. Last week has been a week of many reports of people complaining about the iPhone 3GS devices becoming to hot. The overheating caused the color to fade / change, especially with the white iPhone. » Apple’s Advice About Preventing Overheated iPhones
More than 1 million people bought the iPhone 3GS in the US only. Not to mention the rest of the world. But it seems you can better buy the black version than the white version. One buyer had some problems with his white iPhone 3GS. » White iPhone 3GS Overheated
