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Three-month-old iPhone bursts into flames

Recently, there has been a lot of news about gadgets overheating, and in some extreme cases, even exploding

July 04, 2012 / 12:00 IST

Recently, there has been a lot of news about gadgets overheating, and in some extreme cases, even exploding. And the latest in the ever increasing line-up of gadgets exploding is an iPhone owned by a 17-year-old Finn named Henri Helminen. This report comes from 9to5Mac, who have sourced the information from Finnish publication SK24.The report states: “A 17-year-old Finn named Henri Helminen was carrying his iPhone in his back pocket (stick with us here) when it spontaneously started smoking in a big way. We all know Lithium batteries can— if something is wrong— explode or behave like in the video. But, usually there has to be some major malfunction.” Luckily, Helminen suffered no serious injury owing to the explosion.Click here for full story

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first published: Jul 4, 2012 11:54 am

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