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Report: iPhone 4 burst into flames, faulty USB port blamed

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2010)

The above picture is from from Boy Genius Report, who claim they received it from an AT&T Store employee dealing with a customer who said their iPhone 4 had spontaneously burst into flames. As you can see above, the adapter cable is completely melted, and the iPhone's stainless steel antenna ...

Swede's iMac takes a burnin' and it's still turnin'

by Steven Sande (Feb 15th, 2010)

In what should be used by Apple as a testament to the solid construction of their computers, a Swedish man, Anders Norman, suffered a tragedy last Wednesday when his house burned down. To Norman's surprise, his iMac survived the conflagration despite being burned and partially melted. Norman's ...

Apple most assuredly NOT slapping family with "gagging order" over iPod fire

by Lauren Hirsch (Aug 3rd, 2009)

Across the pond in the UK, in what may be a bit of a legal "lost in translation," an 11-year-old girl was using her iPod when, according to her, there was a hissing noise and an ominous pop. It rapidly heated, and then allegedly jumped 10 feet into the air. She was left with a melted mass of ...