iPhone 4 goes into 'self combustion' mode on a flight

29 November, 2011
Ends up producing copious amounts of black smoke and glows red without causing any physical harm to anyone.

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  • steve
  • vL$
  • 30 Nov 2011

Should ban all iPhone in flights. These are not designed for ligh altitudes. :P

    • n
    • no worry
    • tVu
    • 30 Nov 2011

    don worry it'll burn down d ip4 house only yeah??

      • K
      • Kiuty
      • ftK
      • 30 Nov 2011

      Lets jst say it waz sufferin from icancer nd finaly haz gone 2join s. Job. Condolence 2dat iphone!

        • j
        • jlees2000
        • pKr
        • 30 Nov 2011

        AnonD-27890, 29 Nov 2011my iphone4 shut down for no reason... and didn't come up...... morehold the power button and the home button down together for 20 secs and repeat atleast 5 times before giving up. if the screen twitches like its attempted to turn on put on charge.

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          • installster
          • hnE
          • 30 Nov 2011

          just 1 incident from millions of phone sets.. and everyone think it will be happened to all sets? It's not like nokia when it was happened few years ago.. but i think apple will check on this.. as same as nokia..

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            • phone shop guy
            • PBh
            • 30 Nov 2011

            AnonD-8044, 29 Nov 2011Yes China built and Apple come along and reap the benefits ... morei've plenty of samsungs fail. more than the iphone.

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              • muzza
              • PBh
              • 30 Nov 2011

              nik, 30 Nov 2011i actually work for rex airlines in australia. What this ar... more.... i like it lol

                • m
                • muzza
                • PBh
                • 30 Nov 2011

                AnonD-27890, 29 Nov 2011my iphone4 shut down for no reason... and didn't come up...... moretry a hard reset.

                it's where you hold the on/off button and the home button together until the phone turns on/off

                  • B
                  • BloodweiserDK
                  • miL
                  • 30 Nov 2011

                  AnonD-27890, 29 Nov 2011my iphone4 shut down for no reason... and didn't come up...... moreWith the power cable attached, try to hold both the power and home button at the same time. Keep holding them, and it should power up again.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • PSE
                    • 30 Nov 2011

                    I read somewhere that this iP4 was modified (with the apple logo in the picture being different from the logo on a normal iP4). While this could still be Apple's fault, I think we should also take into account the craftsmanship of the modification and the quality of the aftermarket back panel as well.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 2Am
                      • 30 Nov 2011

                      This could be dangerous..

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                        • Anonymous
                        • uCk
                        • 30 Nov 2011

                        anyone mention the something weird bout the apple logo? Must b a fake iphone..

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                          • vinsin78
                          • u{E
                          • 30 Nov 2011

                          AnonD-27890, 29 Nov 2011my iphone4 shut down for no reason... and didn't come up...... moreTry Pressing the Home Button and Power Button together for 10 seconds.....

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                            • Sun Down
                            • PF5
                            • 30 Nov 2011

                            Denzo, 29 Nov 2011Have had many iPhones. Used them on many trips, left on, an... morePeople don't post a comment without a reason, so I guess you're contradicting yourself. This article does mean something to you.

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                              • Neel
                              • tUc
                              • 30 Nov 2011

                              Even i have issues withmy iphone 4. It restarts automatically, gets hanged in between apps / calls. On an average i need to restart it atleast 7-8 times a day whcih is big pain.

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                                • deh
                                • TIT
                                • 30 Nov 2011

                                tsk tsk.. .

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                                  • Apun
                                  • IBJ
                                  • 30 Nov 2011

                                  AnonD-30103, 29 Nov 2011Ha ha ha! One more reason that makes Apple a bad brand. Kee... morewow are you kidding me ?! this is ONE iPhone out of how many millions ? that did this ?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • NGs
                                    • 30 Nov 2011

                                    AnonD-27890, 29 Nov 2011my iphone4 shut down for no reason... and didn't come up...... moreYeah, get an android phone.

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                                      • WTH
                                      • ibb
                                      • 30 Nov 2011

                                      What to do? I carry one now.

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                                        • nik
                                        • QXP
                                        • 30 Nov 2011

                                        i actually work for rex airlines in australia. What this article isn't telling you is that Rex majority shareholder is Australiawide Airlines consortium (previously Ansett).

                                        Australiawide Airlines is a company with headquarters in Cayman Islands. Coincidently (or not) the address of the headquarters in the Cayman islands also is also the same address of the Google offices in the Cayman Islands.

                                        Conspiracy?