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What’s that skippy? An iPhone ‘exploding’ inflight?

28/11/2011 by Kevincm

a hand holding a cell phone with a broken screen

News from Australia with an iPhone that was being a bit temperamental. Regional Express (REX) were operating a flight Lismore to Sydney, and after landing, the Apple iPhone4 decided to emit what REX calls "significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow" It seems however the flight attendant was on the ball, extinguishing the device before it could do any … [Read more...]

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