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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  • Anonymous
  • t04
  • 29 Nov 2011

[deleted post]Yah! and your money will fly away too once this Lumia 800 broken!!! Think!!!

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    • cfm69
    • t04
    • 29 Nov 2011

    Ah guys guys!!! don't believe on this story. They are tryin' to destoy the image of Apple. This passenger only dropped his phone due to excitement arriving Sydney. I always travel to HK, China, Thailand, Macau with my iPhone switched on, never happens to my phone explodes or broke during the flight.

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      • 2@T
      • 29 Nov 2011

      A red glow? lol wow XD

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        • owen
        • vCZ
        • 29 Nov 2011

        AnonD-5950, 29 Nov 2011Every electronic equipment with battery will blow up if the... morewhile your comment is true''i have flown with rex air many times,,their fleet is only twin propeller saab aircraft 22 seaters..phones are to be switched of ,,and they do check..

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          • tune
          • n%n
          • 29 Nov 2011

          AnonD-903, 29 Nov 2011Rubbish. What people call a "charger" is just a b... morerubbish ? maybe so ..

          i did some testing in Lipo battery's,i am a very big fan of model RC boats and planes.. not the toys but the real models. i have a used a 230 $ special lipo charger that can balance and charge and cycle a lipo battery. it checks te battery 15 times a second. i did some tests with nokia ,samsung and sony lipo batterys and charged and used them in the phone with the normal stock wall socket charger. than i took all the batterys out of the phones and charged them with the RC model charger. with all phones i gained well over 250% longer standby/use time.

          my simple conclusion is that the normal wallchargers /charge cercuit in the phones are not giving the batterys the proper charge cycle.


          i did this test becouse i wanted to use some older lipos from phones for a flashlight project on my night flyer plane.becouse i could load them up with much more juice than the normal charger i did this test..

          so rubbish .. ? dont think so .just a cheap charge solution in the phones what will work for sure. But its not giving the max power out of the lipo.s thats all ..

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            • owen
            • vCZ
            • 29 Nov 2011

            Struingz87, 29 Nov 2011Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China Blows ... morethat was funny,very good,very clever

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              • Oilman
              • n%n
              • 29 Nov 2011

              Where can I buy this iCombust product? Or rather: Where not! :P

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                • Oilman
                • n%n
                • 29 Nov 2011

                Is this the new fashion?
                iCombust?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 3Ax
                  • 29 Nov 2011

                  wow what a usfull new feature for ios 5, great if your a secret agent and need a self destruct mode or perhaps a way of siginaling pick up transport!!

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                    • AnonD-5197
                    • Ixs
                    • 29 Nov 2011

                    This is pretty funny.

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                      • Big ben
                      • Nhr
                      • 29 Nov 2011

                      I Battery..... LOL

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                        • xen
                        • xBy
                        • 29 Nov 2011

                        nothing strange. people should be aware that when buying chinese products with cheap materials, something like this is may happen.

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                          • aaron
                          • MMx
                          • 29 Nov 2011

                          maybe we have a new service from iphone ´´self destruction´´

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                            • wheeler
                            • 3Ax
                            • 29 Nov 2011

                            good deeeel, 29 Nov 2011wait does PAS cover self destruction!!! PAS covers you for everything remember ;) lol

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                              • phoneaddict
                              • tu6
                              • 29 Nov 2011

                              This is just like watching JAMES BOND Movies, as you can see most gadgets are self destructive after use. Very clever APPLE.

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                                • Struingz87
                                • M3s
                                • 29 Nov 2011

                                Designed by Apple in California
                                Assembled in China
                                Blows up in Australia

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 3Ax
                                  • 29 Nov 2011

                                  good deeeel, 29 Nov 2011wait does PAS cover self destruction!!! Lol it should!

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                                    • randyandy
                                    • 3Ax
                                    • 29 Nov 2011

                                    Only if you pay for the 1st 3 months......

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                                      • AnonD-2117
                                      • 7tF
                                      • 29 Nov 2011

                                      this is an overly expensive phone that features a good ui and cheap glass on its back and front and very poor hardware

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                                        • cpw staff
                                        • 3Ax
                                        • 29 Nov 2011

                                        good deeeel, 29 Nov 2011wait does PAS cover self destruction!!! prob not its lame