Exploding iPhones??

"I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear -- and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen." He further added. There has been an official discussion over exploding iPhones in France, of course it goes without saying that Apple is in for trouble as it in potential danger of facing an official investigation over the possible risks of its popular smartphone.

The trouble began when an 80-year-old Parisian pensioner, Rolland Caufman, claimed that his iPhone screen started cracking in his hands a week after he bought it. "I went out shopping, with my iPhone in my left pocket, when I suddenly felt it heat up and start vibrating -- even though I never use the vibrate setting," said Caufman. "I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear -- and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen."

There have been other cases as well like 26-year-old security guard, Yassine Bouhadi, who actually suffered an eye injury when the screen of his iPhone shattered unexpectedly. All in all, at least ten French iPhone users have now claimed publicly that their handset screens have either cracked or exploded all of a sudden, much to their dismay. While Apple insists that the exploding screen cases were remote incidents and not every iPhone is going to end up in the same way, the French sales have gone down. "We are aware of these reports and we are waiting to receive the iPhones from the customers," said Alan Hely, Apple's European head of communications. "Until we have the full details, we don't have anything further to add."

The European Commission, in this regard, has specifically asked the other EU nations to come forward with any problems that the might find in their iPhones. "We just need to monitor closely now and see if these are isolated incidents," said Helen Kearns, the Commission's spokeswoman. "We'll be vigilant and if necessary we'll take further actions."

This happened a good three years ago as well when Sony voluntarily recalled millions of laptop batteries after they caused laptops to possibly overheat and catch fire. While this problem has effected iPhone sales in France, Apple is determined to go into the depth of the problem that many consumers are claiming to have faced.