Apple denies battery problem with exploding iPhonesUS technology giant Apple on Friday rejected reports that overheating Overheating An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation. batteries had caused some of its iPhone devices to explode in users' hands, blaming incidents in France on "external pressure". French authorities have opened an investigation into the safety of the cult smartphone, following claims by several users in France and elsewhere that their iPhone screens had shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. in a dangerous manner during use. "As of today, there has been no confirmed incident linked to battery overheating in the iPhone 3GS, and the number of cases we are investigating amounts to less than a dozen," the firm said in a statement to AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. . "The iPhones with broken screens that we have been able to analyse so far show, in all cases, that the cracks were caused by an external pressure upon the iPhone," the company added. Ten French consumers have come forward to say their iPhone screens exploded or cracked without explanation, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an AFP tally, including a case in mid-August in which a teenager was said to have suffered an eye injury. Apple's commercial director in France, Michel Coulomb coulomb (k  `lŏm) [for C. A. de Coulomb], abbr. coul or C, unit of electric charge. The absolute coulomb, the current U.S. , met the country's consumer affairs minister Herve Novelli on Friday to discuss the probe launched by a state safety agency following consumer complaints.
Afterwards, Novelli confirmed Apple's interim findings, but said it was too soon to apportion ap·por·tion tr.v. ap·por·tioned, ap·por·tion·ing, ap·por·tions To divide and assign according to a plan; allot: "The tendency persists to apportion blame as suits the circumstances" blame or say whether the users themselves had been responsible for the damage. "The first results show, according to Apple management, that the iPhones weren't damaged by a battery defect leading to an explosion, but that there had been a prior shock that cracked the screens," the minister said. He added that in the case of the eye injury, the injured party Noun 1. injured party - someone injured or killed in an accident casualty victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance had so far refused to hand over the phone to Apple's management for testing, so it was not year clear what had caused the incident. Apple has sold 26 million iPhones and 200 million iPods around the world. 
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