Although not a widespread problem (far from it), we have seen some cases of iPhones that caught fire: 1 , 2 . The most recent happened in the United States.
When you lie down to sleep, the woman stuck to charge your iPhone - using the adapter from Apple. In the morning when you wake up, and smell something strange, he heard some strange noises. Seconds later, your iPhone has suffered a "miniexplosão" and the hotel room - she was traveling - was totally overcome by smoke smell horrible.
She quickly picked up the case of your notebook, grabbed his iPhone and threw it in the bathroom sink. Details: This all without fire alarm room fire. An electrician checked the outlet and found that nothing was wrong with it, ie, the problem was the same unit.
The iPhone 4 had only one year of life. The woman - who declined to be identified - sought Mashable to disclose the information because it believes that the news should be made public, Apple obviously did not question any of disclose it.
According to the victim, if the problem had happened the day before, would have been in a room in his mother's house, which probably would take longer for someone to notice that something was wrong - who knows what could happen ... She said even though Apple's answer to the matter has been fully standardized (those typically corporate), and although it has requested an iPhone 4S as a substitute, the company gave him an iPhone 4 even.
