August 30, 2007 3:15 PM PDT
iPhone explodes during unlock attempt
It should be common sense that disassembling your iPhone and attempting to tinker with components in the hopes of unlocking it for use on other networks is risky business, but now there's proof. A user's iPhone exploded while he was attempting one of the few documented processes for untethering the device from AT&T. Read More (with picture)...
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Almost certainly? Gee, ya think?
The really sad thing about this is that the putz who did this will probably sue Apple over it. He's probably gotten a dozen phone calls from ambulance-chasing lawyers by now. I smell a class action lawsuit. Oh wait, there's already three or four now.
The effort would not have been necessary if Apple didn't tether the iPhone to an AT&T account. Most people have accounts already with a multitude of carriers. I in particular have a family account with five users on it, but if I want to have an iPhone, I would have to pay a huge termination fee because of all the users ond phones on my account to benefit from the capabilities of the iPhone which only I would be using for my web design business.
They deserve to be sued for providing no alternative to AT&T; for engaging in monopolistic business practices, and creating a useful product that requires a business alliance relationship to use the product.
You are not only sad, but a great representation of what will be the downfall of civilization.
Guys like you just sit and whine about how the world isn't bending over to please you - then you SUE!
Please, go buy a Zune and Windows...
Was that Windoze? <p>You should know that a law suit is a legitimate tool to be used in a lawful democratic society to force companies to do what they should have done from the beginning. Without a legal venue to redress grievences, the only method is violence. Your contempt for tort law is childish and irresponsible.
No sir, your whining is childish, and if you got your JD - put it to good use instead of bogging down society with the costs of your "life isn't fair" or "I want things my way" mentality.
Seriously. Give it a rest already.
No one forced anyone to buy an iPhone. You have a choice, buy or not buy, and you know the options ahead of time. What you're really saying is you don't like Apple's marketing strategy and you think tort law gives you the right to change it? Think again. Not *EVER* going to happen.
Supply and demand rules this, just like others here have postulated. Apple has commited neither a civil nor a criminal wrong. They just went to market in a fashion you do not like. I don't like it either, but I'm not suing Apple. FYI - there are other phones, and other phones that also are limited to certain carriers. Just get over it...
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Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein
Apple isn't creating a monopoly. They haven't cornered the cellphone market. Just the iPhone market. It's their product, for crying out loud! After the millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours Apple risked developing this (fabulous) device, you think you have a right to dictate their marketing strategy? For no other reason than your personal preference? I don't think this was the intent behind tort law.
That said, whomever wants to hack the phone just because they want another carrier -- fine with me. Personally I found it a lot easier to switch to AT&T. But, fine with me. Just remember that shorting out a Lithium battery makes it go boom, and don't count on being compatilbe with any future updates. If your AT&T hate is that strong, go for it!
From what I've heard, Apple went with ATT, since other carriers wanted a say in how the iPhone's display would look and work. Apple didn't feel this was good for their customers. I don't know how much say the other carriers wanted, but it would be interesting to find out.
Bravo iPhone hacking dimwits, you still gave Apple a ton of money.
No user serviceable parts inside. Hazardous voltage present inside. Warranty void when opened by unauthorized personnel.
Most people think of small electronic devices have low voltage and that won't hurt them but shorting a 1.5 volt "AA" with a 26 gauge wire and the wire will get very hot quickly and under the right conditions the battery can explode due to the chemical reaction going wild in the battery.
Most of the well designed electronic device that are designed to opened have many safety devices like fuses and circuit breaker to prevent such a event.
Things like the iPhone which was designed to not to be open by the user and these devices have safely device but in the regards of opening the device.
I have minor in electrical/computer engineering some devices are not to be opened, especially when new... unless you have alot of money to throw away.
Lawsuit happy morons. It's too bad the judges can't order any of the idiots to be dragged outside and shot for all the frivolous cases. All these dim wits end up doing is driving the cost of everything up!
Common sense used to dictate now it's quite obviously stupidity. Jerry Springer will be proud!
- by k_cohen278 September 2, 2007 1:28 PM PDT
- This reminds me of the Mcdonalds hot coffee tort lawsuit. Young man, get thee to a lawyer asap. Better still, call me, I'm a lawyer. It don't matter none what you did, they've sold you a dangerous appliance. Absolute liability. Like the idiot who put a ladder on his icy sidewalk so he could climb up to his roof and sweep the snow off - the ladder went flying, so did the idiot - he sued and won bigtime. Dewey Cheetem & Howe is the firm. Guaranteed results...
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