(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A TEENAGER'S claim that an Apple iPhone shattered in his face is a first involving the device but similar incidents have occurred with the iPod, a US TV station claims.

Marie-Dominique Kolega, from Aix-en-Provence in France, has threatened to file a complaint against Apple.

She says her 18-year-old son was struck in the eye by a piece of glass when the screen shattered on his girlfriend's iPhone.

According to Ms Kolega, the phone began making a hissing noise and the screen suddenly broke, sending pieces flying in the air.

"My son was frightened but he did not lose an eye," Ms Kolega said.

The report is the first such incident involving an iPhone.

But US TV news station KIRO reported in late July that an "alarming number" of iPods "have suddenly burst into flames and smoke, injuring people and damaging property."

The station said that Apple lawyers tried to stop it from getting hold of hundreds of pages of iPod-related documents from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in California, where Apple has its headquarters.

It said the 800 pages of documents included information on "15 burn and fire-related incidents blamed by iPod owners on their iPods."

There were no reports of serious injuries, and the cause of the trouble appeared to be overheated lithium ion batteries, according to the Seattle-based station's review of the paperwork.

The CPSC indicated that the number of incidents was low considering the tens of millions of iPods sold and that such reports diminished after Apple evidently changed the battery technology, according to KIRO.

There was no immediate response from Apple to requests for comment.


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I wanted a video Lmao.

Wow lol, that's a lawsuit right there. He's lucky he didn't get really hurt.

Haha gutted, apple losing a few thousands pounds there

~S4MU3L x

A great excuse for Apple to make a new iPhone.

WARNING: if your iPhone is making a hissing noise, throw it as fast as you can and as far away from you as possible! (they should put that on iPhone package in tiny print so that no one can do anything )

ya a video would be great

wish it was me I could use the money

If it starts hissin put it up against your leg or something so you will get injured and have ground to sue lol

If it makes a hissing noise... grab a camera... press record... and upload it to youtube... and apple would be gutted