The story of iDevice chargers electrocuting users continues today, as in the UK a charger for a tablet iPad Mini would have exploded in the hand of a man. The man in the picture would have been thrown to the ground by the shock suffered as a result of the electrocution and he believes that his daughter would have been killed if she touched the tablet. The tablet in the picture presented charging problems just a few months ago, but although no malfunction was found at an Apple Store, the man purchased a new charger and a new cable for the tablet, both apparently produced by Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),.
Although the charger is original, it seems that this did not protect the man in the picture, and if it turns out that an original charger was used for charging, then we are talking about an extremely big problem. Apple has recently started a campaign asking users to change third-party chargers with original chargers produced by it, all with the idea of avoiding incidents of this kind, but if the problem is also encountered with original chargers, then Apple risks dozens of lawsuits or hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tim Gillooley, 34, said he was thrown across the room and left with blackened fingers when he reached down to unplug the device at his mother's house in Widnes, Cheshire. There was a huge bang and it blew me across the room. I was in shock. I was laughing hysterically for about two minutes. It was a bad shock that went down my arm. My mum was panicking and Chloe burst into tears. They bought a new genuine Apple charger complete with lightening cable in the hope it would solve the problem but it continued.
