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Originally Posted by island911
Just in France? Wazzup with that?
" France's consumer affairs minister will meet a director of Apple France for talks on Friday after half a dozen cases in which iPhones are said to have spontaneously exploded or cracked up.
Herve Novelli will meet Apple France's commercial director Michel Coulomb to discuss the incidents, which are being investigated by France's competition, consumer affairs and fraud watchdog, the DGCCRF, the finance ministry said.
They will "examine what steps to take in response to the DGCCRF's questions about the implosion of these devices, and what measures the agency could take," said a statement from the ministry.
Novelli will also remind the US technology giant of its general safety obligations towards consumers.
Ten cases of "exploding iPhones" have been reported in France, including one in which a teenager suffered an eye injury, ...
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Let's make it simple.
Instead of 10 let's assume there are significantly more, say thousands, call it 2,600.
Apple have sold 26 Million iPhones.
Your an engineer, do the math on the statistical relevance.
Apple would not be the first or last manufacturer to have problems with Li Ion batteries, which BTW, they source, not build themselves.
They pop, explode and catch fire in laptops from pretty much every manufacturer.
Sony recalled 8 Million of them in 06',
8 Million, now that's a statistically relevant number.