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Apple investigating report Aussie surfer’s iPhone 7 ignited and burnt out his car
iPhone 7 burning

[Apply Pay is now under threat from the same problems that have plagued Samsung in recent months. Now the Apple iPhone7 is burning down the car. What a shamble this is!! How on earth is a person supposed to use the sexy new Apple technology of Apple Pay and tap'n'go with the phone, or those big tablets that we all carry around with us, to buy our coffees? It goes to show that when you all want to take short-cuts and are attracted to that sexy technology you could just find yourself in real problems.
Firstly, there is the issue of the technology not being reliable, or secure, or resistant to fire bringing down the house or plane or car or just burning through your trousers. Then there is the issue of the limit of the Apple/Samsung Pay capability of about $100, and you cannot stick it into an ATM or POS machine. You will recall that people who work for these companies fill their days by looking at your personal material like photos while they are supposed to be servicing it. Don't forget these companies own health insurance companies that utilise information retrieved from these sexy devices. And all your behaviours are tracked - so those who preach protecting their privacy would be offended and concerned. These technologies are supposed to be an alternative to credit cards like the ones Smartmetric says its trying to produce and market. How can they be considered as a realistic option to credit cards? In My Not-So-Humble Opinion they cannot. Lets all try to make credit cards like Smartmetric's more effective and resilient to fraud. Lets stay with credit cards, cards that are simply credit cards - not cameras or telephones or calendars - just credit cards that are secure and not harmful to the owner.]


FIRST it was the Note7 bursting into flames, now Aussie surf instructor Mat Jones says his iPhone 7 ignited and burnt out his car.

Apple confirmed it is investigating the report after Jones told Channel 7 news that his iPhone ignited after he left it covered by his clothes in his locked car while he was out for a surf.

When he returned to the car, the vehicle was spewing smoke. Video of the burning car appears to show the fire started where he left his phone.

There have been two recent cases of people reporting their iPhones igniting, but in both cases those phones were damaged by impact.

In August Sydney cyclist Gareth Clear suffered serve burns when he fell on his iPhone 6 in a cycling accident.

Last month, in the United States, Redditt user “kroopthesnoop” posted pictures of an iPhone 7 that he claimed burst into flames during transit.

The issue of smartphones overheating and igniting have been at the fore since the fiasco of Samsung releasing the flagship phone the Note7 that it had to recall after repeating cases of fires, then issuing a “safe” Note 7 before having to recall that after it was also reportedly bursting into flames.

Samsung now has set up pop-up booths at airports after airlines banned it from being carried aboard any flights.