The Inquisitr - Tech
A man in Columbus, Ohio is seeking legal action after his less than one-month old iPhone XS Max reportedly exploded in his pants pocket around December 12, according to 9To5Mac.
The man, who wished to be referred to as J. Hillard, claimed that he noticed a strange smell from his back pocket and then experienced a wave of heat burning his leg. Apple reportedly offered to ship him a new phone following the incident, but Hillard chose to explore his legal options instead.
“Once the phone was extinguished, I was left with a hole in my pants, fire extinguisher on my pants/shoes, and some pain/irritation in my buttocks region where the pocket of my pants was located,” Hillard said in a report detailing the experience.
Hillard took the melted device to an Apple store later that evening, where he said he spoke to an employee for
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