iPhones and iPods have been overheating, making hissing noises, then exploding, sometimes injuring their owners. An exploded iPhone in the Netherlands set a car seat on firehttp://www.slashgear.com/ipod-touch-iphone-3g-explode-apple-demand-confidentiality-before-refund-0351014/; in Liverpool, U.K., a man named Ken Stanborough threw his daughter Ellie's overheating iPhone out his back door, where it exploded and "went 10 ft in the air"http://www.slashgear.com/ipod-touch-iphone-3g-explode-apple-demand-confidentiality-before-refund-0351014/; last March, an Ohio mother made steps to sue Apple after her son was burned when his iPod Touch exploded in his pockethttp://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6736587.ece. According to the London Times, in the case of the Liverpool man, Apple sent a letter "denying liability but offering a refund" under the condition that Stanborough keep his settlement confidential. If he took the money but violated the confidentiality agreement, Apple said they would take legal action. The man refused the offerhttp://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article6736587.ece.
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Hot property: Ellie Stanborough holds up her exploded iPhone; a car seat in the Netherlands was burned through when an iPhone exploded on it.
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Fast Facts
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iPhones have been reportedly overheating to the point of discoleration
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iPhone's screens are prone to cracking.
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In 2006, Apple recalled millions of iBook and PowerBook lithium ion batteries because they were fire hazards.
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July 2009, Seattle's KIRO-TV obtained douments from US Consumer Product Safety Commission detailing 15 incidents of iPods causing fires and burning their owners.
