Apple to replace iPhone 3G power adapters due to shock
risk
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Apple said Friday it will replace power
adapters sold with its popular iPhone 3G mobile telephones because
of a risk prongs will snap and cause people to be jolted by
electricity.
"We have received reports of detached blades involving a very
small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been
reported," the California company said on a Web page providing
adapter exchange details.
The part Apple is offering to replace is an "Ultracompact USB
power adapter" reportedly included with iPhone 3G models sold in
Japan, Canada, Mexico, the United States and a half dozen South
American countries.
"Customer safety is always Apple's top priority, and therefore
we have voluntarily decided to exchange every Ultracompact power
adapter for a new, redesigned adapter, free of charge," Apple
said.
Apple advises iPhone 3G owners to charge their handsets by
plugging them into computers or with a standard-sized Apple power
adapter until the potentially problematic part is replaced.
Instructions for getting Apple adapters replaced were posted
online at www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/.