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Posted November 8, 2013 at 3:35pm by iClarified

Customers were evacuated from a Vodafone store in Canberra, Australia on Wednesday after a demo iPad unit exploded, reports News.com.au.

"A burst of flames" appeared from the charging port of an iPad demo model, a Vodafone spokesperson confirmed to news.com.au. The firebrigade was called in after the store filled with smoke and sparks continued to appear from the charging port.

Vodafone confirmed that no staff or customers were injured during the incident.

Apple representatives reportedly visited the store on Wednesday to collect the device for testing; however, Apple has refused to comment on the incident.

There have been other incidents of the iPhone exploding; however, they have been attributed to third party chargers or damaged devices.

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gamerscul9870 - December 29, 2013 at 10:34pm

You're the puppet of trolls because you blame one another, dance puppets dance.

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jon - November 10, 2013 at 1:37pm

"Its a magical product" ha ha ha buuuuuummmmm

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gamerscul9870 - November 10, 2013 at 1:31am

Steve, sorry to disrupt you, but the steve I meant was in my name, the microcock one who quit, problem you were saying?

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Mike Power - November 9, 2013 at 2:59pm

It is very hot down here, and trust it will get hotter pretty soon

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gamerscul9870 - November 9, 2013 at 3:07pm

It's going bright and clear up here, china is where it's at with products in the above place in the other comment! I am over US and I feel relaxed now as always!

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gamerscul9870 - November 11, 2013 at 9:03pm

Yes s.i.h. is, nuff said!

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6italia0 - November 9, 2013 at 12:45am

It's because they keep them sitting on the charger all day long, the port begins to get extremely hot and in this case a small power surge could've set it off. normally when an apple product is fully charged it stops charges and/or begins to discharge. This is why you will sometimes see the plug over the battery icon and it will be at either 98% or 99% instead of 100%. This iPad may have possibly had a defect and did not initiate the discharge or failed to disconnect when fully charged and over charging the battery is the cause of the exploding battery. Another possiblity is "overuse" of the iPad, it's recommended to turn any apple product off and back on at least 1-2 times per weak, constant use for an extended period of time can overwork some components and they either burn out or have similar result such as this iPad did...just sayin'...

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gamerscul9870 - November 8, 2013 at 9:22pm

Look at this innocent wannabe me below and now trying to be someone else, sorry for trying to confuse you sorry fcks but this is really me, talking to myself and trying to prove to my own self like it's not me!

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Lo Ping Chin - November 8, 2013 at 5:54pm

Mister delusion please stop to talk so bad about my people

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Thinker - November 8, 2013 at 4:28pm

"Made in China" :-(

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NotSoMuchOfaThinker - November 8, 2013 at 6:44pm

Why don't you use the one made in America? Oh wait, apple doesn't build anything in the US they exploit cheap labor.

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z - November 9, 2013 at 1:51am

So they build/produce all the parts in China then ship them to the US. And then do the final assembling there.... great :D