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If iPhone 6 users are still worried about their latest Apple gizmos exploding, never fear! The old technology has just as much of a chance of exploding as the new stuff, if not more — that’s why it’s called old technology. Such was the case for Long Island resident Erik Johnson this past Valentine’s Day.
According to WABC, Johnson and his brother had just arrived at their cousin’s wake when his iPhone 5c randomly decided to commit technological seppuku. As fellow mourners looked on in helpless astonishment, Johnson danced around like a madman:
“I had the phone in my pocket, simple little gesture, bent over to get keys and all I heard was pop. Sssssh smoke coming out,” Johnson said. “And just like an instant burn, my leg just starts going on fire, try to get it out, can’t get it out. I was literally jumping up and down trying to get the phone out of my pocket, but I think the phone melted my pockets shut so I couldn’t get into it and I had to rip my pants off and throw the pants to the side. A couple of people actually said they could smell my body burning.”
That’s right, they could smell his body burning. The phone (or what was left of it) burned right through Johnson’s pocket, pouring “lithium lava” down his left leg. As a result, he spent 10 days in the local hospital’s burn unit, receiving treatment for second and third degree burns on his inner thigh.
Try not to forget this all happened (a) at a wake, (b) on Valentine’s Day, and (c) to a guy whose last name is a euphemism.
(Via WABC)