A second iPhone 4 has exploded without warning just days after another device blew up on a flight sparking fears over the safety of the phone.
Reports from Brazil say that the iPhone 4 was plugged in to charge overnight when it began to emit smoke and sparks as its owner slept nearby.
This is the second high-profile explosion of an iPhone in a week, in the first incident the handheld device spontaneously combusted during landing on a flight in Australia two days ago.
Tech and mobile website Mashable, which reported the incident, said: 'Looks like Australia isn’t the only country to have seen an incident of a combustible iPhone 4 over the past week.
'According to Brazilian media reports, the iPhone’s owner emerged unscathed but flustered.'
In the first incident, an Apple iPhone began ‘emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow’, said Australia's Regional Express airline.
The fire was put out by a flight attendant and the device, thought to be an iPhone 4, given to air traffic safety investigators for checks. No passengers or crew were harmed.
A picture released by the airline, Australia’s largest independent regional carrier, shows the rear casing shattered in parts and scorched in others.
Apple Australia says it is ‘looking forward to working with officials’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068638/Ayla-Motas-iPhone-explodes-Device-emits-smoke-sparks-charging.html
Reports from Brazil say that the iPhone 4 was plugged in to charge overnight when it began to emit smoke and sparks as its owner slept nearby.
This is the second high-profile explosion of an iPhone in a week, in the first incident the handheld device spontaneously combusted during landing on a flight in Australia two days ago.
Tech and mobile website Mashable, which reported the incident, said: 'Looks like Australia isn’t the only country to have seen an incident of a combustible iPhone 4 over the past week.
'According to Brazilian media reports, the iPhone’s owner emerged unscathed but flustered.'
In the first incident, an Apple iPhone began ‘emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow’, said Australia's Regional Express airline.
The fire was put out by a flight attendant and the device, thought to be an iPhone 4, given to air traffic safety investigators for checks. No passengers or crew were harmed.
A picture released by the airline, Australia’s largest independent regional carrier, shows the rear casing shattered in parts and scorched in others.
Apple Australia says it is ‘looking forward to working with officials’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2068638/Ayla-Motas-iPhone-explodes-Device-emits-smoke-sparks-charging.html
