Crocodile well-done-dee: Downed Down Under chap roasted by exploding iPhone

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...

Re: Phlogisticated phone phries pedalist

Detonating Device Destroys Dundee Dude Dermis, Debridement Desired.

Re: Phlogisticated phone phries pedalist

Phine, be that way.

Re: You're holding it wrong

Along with a free iGraft voucher worth $50 !

Re: You're holding it wrong

Fireproof underwear (iWear?) might be more effective. All mobiles should include a warning: "Never go Commando!"

Re: Li-ion, li-ion, pants on fire

Wouldn't "Li-ion, li-ion, pants a fryin'" be more alliterative?

No it wouldn't. It would have rhymed better; alliteration requires a longer run of words with the same initial letter (L) rather than p, a, & f.

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You bastard! :)

In his pocket, burns like a rocket, his butt-hole's singed tonight

Nothing the battey would not have been pierced.

Its not really a news article, surely every knows that if you damage a L-ion battery it is likely to catch fire.

Sometimes I think phones on a plane are not a great idea.

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.

A few have

A few Telsa vehicles have already caught fire. Stories that pop up in Google include one that burned after an accident, one that burned in a garage while the owner claimed it was *not* plugged in, and one that burned in Norway while connected to a supercharger.

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.

Re: Ouch!

Another reason to avoid Lycra Mobile.

Re: Looking on the plus side...

Ah, yes, I remember the Charcoal Apple OS interface. After all, it's just a UI skin.