French daily newspaper La Provence had the headline Apple, sales boom… products go bust, after a teenager got "a tiny shard of glass in his eye after an iPhone literally exploded in front of him on August 7," reports France 24. According to the TV news channel's web site:
Romain, an 18-year-old from Aix-en-Provence in southern France, said his girlfriend's iPhone began making a hissing sound before the screen suddenly shattered, sending broken pieces of glass "flying in the air".
"My son was frightened but he did not lose an eye," Kolega told AFP. France 24 adds:
France 24 contacted Apple for comments on the iPhone incident in Aix-en-Provence, but received no reply.
The story refers to an earlier incident in the UK, where an iPod Touch exploded.
