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| Author: | News Feed [ Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Apple probes electrocution report |
Apple says it is investigating reports that a woman was electrocuted and died while using an iPhone plugged into the mains via one of its chargers in China. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23317338#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa"]Continue reading...[/url] |
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| Author: | LaszloZW [ Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:21 pm ] |
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I posted this on Facebook, mainly to tone down the hype: My opinion about the Apple Charger hype: Two questions: 1. Do you think this is a legit claim? 2. Could this be due to the phone and/or the electrical wiring it was plugged in to? Apple to investigate iPhone-related death - NBC News.com [url='http://www.nbcnews.com/']www.nbcnews.com[/url] A: A freak accident is always possible. Apple iPhone is not any different that any other device you plug in. The potential danger, however remote... it is, still exist. Q: So no different then another cell phone, a laptop, a hair dryer, etc? A: Nope, of course there could be an inherent defect in the charger, but it would be easily found, recalled and fixed. Remember it is a single reported incident out of hundreds of millions of phones out on the market. If there were a rash of similar incidents numbering in the hundreds, I would be concerned. Also in China they us 220V so the insulation breakdown potential is greater there then with the 110V used in the US. |
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