Apple Recalls iPhone USB potential Adapters
Apple is facing public-relations woes again. that duration it involves a USB ability adapter’s metal prongs that can break off and get stuck in a ability outlet. The issue leaves consumers at risk of electric shock.
Apple said it has determined that, under convinced conditions, the new ultracompact Apple USB capability adapter’s metal prongs malfunction. Apple declined to reveal what those conditions are. No injuries have been reported.
“Apple has received reports of detached prongs involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported,” the company said in a media wide-awake. “Customer safety is always Apple’s top priority, so it has voluntarily decided to exchange every ultracompact potential adapter for a new redesigned adapter, free of charge.”
Another iPhone Problem
While Apple’s latest woe doesn’t relate directly to the iPhone 3G handset itself, it is connected. Apple said the ultracompact USB ability adapters were supplied with every iPhone 3G sold in the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico and several Latin American countries.
Apple stressed that the USB capability adapters supplied with original iPhones or supplied with iPhone 3G units sold in other countries are not affected. In any case, Apple is offering a new, redesigned adapter that should be problem-free. Users with the potentially problematic ability adapters should immediately stop using them until they exchange them, the company said.
“In the meantime, they should charge their iPhone 3G by connecting it to their computer with the USB cable that came with their iPhone or by using a standard-sized Apple USB capability Adapter (with fold-up prongs) or with a third-party adapter designed to work with the iPhone, such as a car charger,” Apple said.
For consumers who aren’t certain whether they have the USB potential adapter in question, Apple has posted…
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