Exploding iPod Touch sets kid's pants on fire, melts his underwear

[basselope7]

According to engadget.com:

An Ohio mom is filing a lawsuit against Apple on behalf of her son, whose "iTouch" popped in his pocket and proceeded to torch his pants. He had to be treated for second degree burns on his leg, had a hole burnt through his pants pocket and got an underwear melting to top it all off. Also, according to the lawsuit, "He continues to suffer from both physical and mental conditions which will cause him to suffer pain, mental distress, emotional distress, and otherwise for the rest of his life." Poor kid! In addition to Apple, the lawsuit seemingly randomly names 10 Apple retail employees, and wants $150,000+ and attorney fees in damages. While we've seen a couple burnt charging cables of late, this is the first we've heard of an iPod touch "popping," and it's especially odd because the lawsuit claims the iPod was turned off at the time of the incident. Whether or not that's true, we'll be certainly keeping an eye on a trend developing here. When it comes to our children, burning pants are everyone's business.

Discuss.

 

[cascade88]

1. How the heck did it explode?
2. It was hard not to laugh at the title of the thread. Still is >_>

OK, really? Well, obviously, if it was a case of spontaneous iCombustion, then sure, sue the crap out of Apple. But if something else caused it, granted I can't imagine what, then, well, that really sucks for the kid.

Does their happen to be a specific link to the story?

 

[basselope7]

Well, it was a short article, so I thought it wasn't really necessary to post the link...

 

[Ben Cousins]

The poor kid probably had the thing on sleep and it overheated in his pants, causing the explosion.

 

[Satoshi-chan]

It sounds fishy to me... why are they wanting to sue ten Apple retail employees as well as Apple... the dudes working at the local Apple store had nothing to do with the build of the damn device.

 

[DCM]

Shit. I have an Ipod Touch....
Though I want to know how he got it to explode...

 

[1337R34P3R]

if only this would happen to other people i knew... *points at above post*

 

[X Dragoon]

So, 1 out of like billion iTouches combust and burn the kid's pants? I'd believe it if I can find out how it started burning.

 

[Quick Man]

This only makes me think of 'Liar liar pants on fire' for some reason..

 

[fate]

It exploded because it found it was an Apple product and could no longer live with itself.

 

[DCM]

It exploded because it was to amazing for a snot nosed kid

 

[Blazevoir]

This gives new meaning to the phrase "Liar, liar, pants on fire!"...

 

[Axle Helios]

It'll be great when they find out he faked it. I can see the headline now:

'Liar, liar is pants on fire kid'

 

[I Started A Cult]

Ain't I glad I have a non-Apple Mp3 player? Besides, this seems too bad to be true.

 

[the gadfly]

What puzzles me is how the kid's underwear could melt. Was the kid still wearing plastic training pants? How old was the kid? I can see a leak short-circuiting the iPod in his pants pocket and causing a fire.

 

[Geodude]

Wouldn't elastic melt? Don't briefs contain elastic?

 

[the gadfly]

Is it plastic or rubber? Plastic melts, rubber burns.

 

[Epic Meowth]

Hmmm, seems like a freak accident. I imagine it's only a one time thing, though perhaps it's a sign of things to come, and apple has really sold everyone little portable explosives.

Seriously though, at least the thing didn't blow his hand off. The "mental and emotional stress" is just comeplete garbage, lawyer jargon though.

 

[Mitch]

Poor kid, I hope he's okay.

 

[I Started A Cult]

I'm still cynical. I remember an episode of Snapped in which a woman poisoned two capsules of some Merck medicine, and they recalled the whole batch. Besides, the fact that Apple is a big company makes things even more suspect.