The Cherry Hill, New Jersey fire department reported today that a resident’s iPhone 6 overheated and burned through 12 pages of notebook paper. According to the phone’s owner, a high school student, they were neither using nor charging their phone when the paper started smoking. Which could just be a ruse to avoid detention, but we’ll take the phone’s owner at their word.
Back in our day, the most flammable technology we had out during class was an eraser! (Because they smell like something’s burning when you erase a particularly big mistake, remember?)
This isn’t the first time our technology has betrayed us. About a year and a half ago, this guy’s phone caught on fire while he was riding in a rickshaw (Yep! A rickshaw.) and burned right through his pants! He must have been telling some pretty serious lies.
Then in March last year, this guy’s pants caught on fire during a funeral! And even more recently, Apple recalled the Beats Pill XL because apparently it’s capable of burning your house down.
This is a huge dilemma because besides the fact that we’re all excessively dependent on technology, it’s also kind of nice when your phone feels like a mini heating pad resting on your thigh. So what are we to do? To avoid any issues, we suggest flame retardant pants, like these stunners. Sleek, stylish, and practical. Yes, please! Also, avoid lying. Who knows what kind of censoring Apple is capable of?
(Via Consumerist)
