I do appreciate that he was emphatic about what caused it. Like he knows exactly what's going to happen once the media gets a whiff. I'm sure it won't stop some news outlets publishing sensationalist headlines line "iPhone firebomb injures cyclist!".
Crocodile well-done-dee: Downed Down Under chap roasted by exploding iPhone
An Australian chap says he suffered serious burns after he tumbled off his bike and his iPhone exploded. Gareth Clear, 36, of Bondi, Sydney, says he was cycling last week when he fell and landed directly on the Apple iThing in his back pocket. The handset's lithium-ion battery, apparently damaged by the prang, burst into …
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Tuesday 2nd August 2016 22:55 GMT Oengus
There was a story, last night, on one of the shows famous for "beating up" an issue... They even went to the extent of cooking a phone on a hot plate for more than 10 minutes to get to explode.
They promoted it heavily (as expected) "Mobile phones: the potentially deadly devices we are all carrying in our pockets".
P.S. No I didn't watch it...
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Wednesday 3rd August 2016 22:33 GMT John Brown (no body)
Or, for that matter would not putting a very expensive, thin, non-bendy device into the pocket where it's most likely to deform anything put into it into a non-optimal bent shape be a good idea?
I've never really understood why people would put a phone into their back pocket. Apart from the likelihood of bending it and/or sitting on it, it's also the easiest for a pickpocket to access.
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Wednesday 3rd August 2016 00:42 GMT Kevin McMurtrie
Don't you watch those videos in your spare time?
A car has the advantage of being able to carry enough armor to direct the flames away from the passenger compartment. You have some time to get out before the whole car catches fire.
There are videos of Lamborghini Aventadors catching fire too. Some owners don't understand that the flaming tailpipe trick is a quarter megawatt of heat with nowhere good to go.
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