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Author: | pcernie [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:16 am ] |
Post subject: | iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
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Author: | jonbwfc [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:49 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
What, the airline didn't tell people about their new 'you will switch your phone off or else' policy, with the patented 'destructophone' technology to back it up? |
Author: | big_D [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
Something similar happened to my girlfriend's Nokia 6100, when we flew to England in the summer. When we got back it wouldn't hold a charge, I took the cover off and there was a 3mm bulge in the battery pack! ![]() It is well known, that the change in pressure can cause problems with the batteries, especially if the device is turned on during the pressure change - as most people probably put their iPhone into flight mode and not switch it off, before take-off, it probably isn't that surprising that they somethimes expand enough to crack the glass and possibly burst into flames. |
Author: | paulzolo [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
So, the problem is no different to taking a fountain pen on a flight then. It‘s just a tad more dangerous. |
Author: | belchingmatt [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
The very reason that airlines request Lion batteries be carried as hand baggage. With their proliferation it's only a matter of time until this happens in a hold where it can't easily be extinguished. |
Author: | ProfessorF [ Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:54 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts on flight |
I saw my friends MacBook Pro battery almost pop after he'd been across the Atlantic a couple of times. Couldn't put the cover over the compartment because it was bulging so badly. It's the nature of the technology really. |
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