SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - Cyclist was left with painful burns to his right thigh after his iPhone 6 “exploded” in his pocket.
Gareth Clear, 36, was out cycling on Sunday afternoon near Sydney, Australia, when he fell from him bike, suffering a few minor grazes.
“I suddenly saw this incredible plume of smoke,” Gareth told the Daily Mail. "And there was a searing pain that went along with it - as though someone had pushed a huge block of ice against my leg.
“The phone was stuck to my leg having melted through both my shorts and my Skins. It had to have been more than 100 degrees.”
He punched the phone to dislodge it from his leg – at which point it emitted what he described as a “metallic bang.”
“It’s a bit random,” he told dailytelegraph.com.au, “the thing to be very specific about, the phone did hit the ground, it didn’t just spontaneously combust. It was a one in one million chance I hit a part of the phone which pierced the lithium battery and it exploded.
In severe pain, he walked back to town, where he was subsequently admitted to Royal North Shore hospital to receive a skin graft.
“It could hurt someone else much more than it did me.”
Apple has been in touch with Mr Clear, and is investigating the incident.
Gareth Clear, 36, was out cycling on Sunday afternoon near Sydney, Australia, when he fell from him bike, suffering a few minor grazes.
“I suddenly saw this incredible plume of smoke,” Gareth told the Daily Mail. "And there was a searing pain that went along with it - as though someone had pushed a huge block of ice against my leg.
“The phone was stuck to my leg having melted through both my shorts and my Skins. It had to have been more than 100 degrees.”
He punched the phone to dislodge it from his leg – at which point it emitted what he described as a “metallic bang.”
“It’s a bit random,” he told dailytelegraph.com.au, “the thing to be very specific about, the phone did hit the ground, it didn’t just spontaneously combust. It was a one in one million chance I hit a part of the phone which pierced the lithium battery and it exploded.
“I’m 36, I’ve had a mobile phone for 18 years of my life and for that thing to explode or short circuit and cause it to temporarily ignite. I could see the metal bending and all the lithium leaking out of the bottom end.”
In severe pain, he walked back to town, where he was subsequently admitted to Royal North Shore hospital to receive a skin graft.
Mr Clear described his phone as a “mini-bomb”, adding; “Every iPhone is the same - if it happens to one, it will happen to another one. I was just lucky I was wearing pretty thick clothing and it was on my lower body.
“It could hurt someone else much more than it did me.”
Apple has been in touch with Mr Clear, and is investigating the incident.
Source: cnet news
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