iPhone Nearly Catches Fire While on an Airplane

[Guest]

Australian airline Regional Express reported that an iPhone "started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow."

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[doive1231]

Bet the flight attendant was "hot".

 

[bb33]

seems to be, that iphone really had the hots for her.

 

[keyanf]

What was Apple... smoking?

*runs*

 

[gmcizzle]

The old adage of an apple a day keeping the doctor away is pretty much obsolete

 

[bobusboy]

Clearly they didn't get the memo that this was a non smoking flight.

 

[icepick314]

which app does this?

what kind of "magical" feature does this provide?

 

[CKKwan]

Lets ask Siri and see what will she say about this.....

 

[soo-nah-mee]

Well it would definitely make my wife happy if her new iPhone4S bursts into flames. She hates the thing and would love to go back to a WP7 phone.

 

[Guest]

i had this too!! exactly that!!! and no replacement from apple 🙁

 

[wardler]

This makes me wonder how they keep people from packing bombs onto a plane in the shape of a smartphone. Someone could make a bomb that looked and worked like a smartphone. Will anyone scan the insides or have a bomb dog sniff it? I haven't been to the airport in a long while, but it makes you wonder...

 

[wiyosaya]

[citation][nom]soo-nah-mee[/nom]Well it would definitely make my wife happy if her new iPhone4S bursts into flames. She hates the thing and would love to go back to a WP7 phone.[/citation]
Perhaps you should tell her to be careful what she wishes for?

 

[sixdegree]

Thank god iPhone GPU isn't based on Fermi.

 

[donovands]

She extinguished the red glow with what? A Sledgehammer?

 

[xrodney]

[citation][nom]wardler[/nom]This makes me wonder how they keep people from packing bombs onto a plane in the shape of a smartphone. Someone could make a bomb that looked and worked like a smartphone. Will anyone scan the insides or have a bomb dog sniff it? I haven't been to the airport in a long while, but it makes you wonder...[/citation]
Well nowadays you need to put all your possessions to box that goes to x-ray.

 

[TheMaristBoy]

Apple will soon patent this -.-

 

[NuclearShadow]

Anyone else get the feeling that Apple will void the warranty due to extinguishing your iPhone is not covered?

[citation][nom]wardler[/nom]This makes me wonder how they keep people from packing bombs onto a plane in the shape of a smartphone. Someone could make a bomb that looked and worked like a smartphone. Will anyone scan the insides or have a bomb dog sniff it? I haven't been to the airport in a long while, but it makes you wonder...[/citation]

This would not be a easy task and would require much more skill than the sloppy terrorists methods used today. It would also be hard to pack enough punch to cause a worth while amount of damage in such a small case. Then there is the fact that obviously the phone would not be operational itself and would not be capable of detonation on its own. I certainly wouldn't worry about it.

 

[SinisterSalad]

Does Apple get their batteries from where Chevy does? *ducks*

 

[del35]

Apple will soon patent this -.-

Sure! Apple could make some bucks from terrorists. It is called innovation.

 

[del35]

This makes me wonder how they keep people from packing bombs onto a plane in the shape of a smartphone.

If terrorists wanted a bomb in a plane, they could do it in myriads of ways. Either terrorists are stupid, or they are sitting back and waiting for America to sink on its own.