iPhone burns a hole in woman's breast

25 August 2014 - 13:32 By Times LIVE
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A woman covers her breasts. File photo.
A woman covers her breasts. File photo.
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A twenty-four year old UK woman awoke to find that her iPhone had overheated to the point of burning a hole into her chest.

According to Dailymail, Dionne Baxter was fast asleep when she realised her iPhone, which she had placed on the charger was literally burning her alive.

A former warehouse worker from Purfleet in Essex, Baxter was rushed to hospital where doctors attempted to treat the wound with antibiotic cream and painkillers. The wound later became infected, prompting Baxter, a mother of one, to fear she would never be able to breastfeed again.

"I sleep in the nude and this large red mark was all down one side to the nipple. When I touched the phone, it was so hot, I couldn't pick it up. It's dreadful," she added. 'Imagine if my daughter had been on that side of the bed and it had burned her face."

Apple has apparently declined to respond to the incident.

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