GURGAON: In Gurgaon a user reported that his two-day old iPhone 6 heated up and exploded during a call. But he escaped without injuries since he was using the hands-free mode.
It’s the first such case reported in India since the launch of iPhone 6 here in October 2014. An Apple representative said the company was looking into the Gurgaon incident and it hadn’t previously received any such complaint about the iPhone 6 in India.
But it’s not unheard of either. According to media reports in the United States, a man in Long Island had complained this March that his iPhone 6 burst into flames in his pocket, causing third degree burns.
The Gurgaon incident allegedly happened on June 20 but came to light on Tuesday after the user Kishan Yadav, a restaurateur filed a police complaint and an FIR was registered.
Yadav claimed he bought an iPhone 6 from a leading mobile shop at Galleria market for Rs 60,000 on June 18 a grey-coloured 64GB version. He thanked his stars that when the phone blew up a couple of days later, he was using the hands-free mode.
