Apple today launched a exchange program in 36 countries for certain models of its 5W European USB power adapter, which the company says may overheat and pose a safety risk in some cases, reports German site iFun (Google Translate).
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The affected adapters, which are identified as Model A1300, originally came with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S models that shipped from October 2009 to September 2012. Apple is allowing users to bring in the affected adapters to an Apple Retail Store or participating Apple Authorized Service Provider, and will give a new adapter after a corresponding iPhone serial number is verified.
The program differs from Apple's third-party USB charger takeback program, which launched last year in over thirty countries. That program allows users to trade-in a third-party USB charger for a discount on an official Apple charger, and was created following the electrocution of a Chinese woman that may have been caused counterfeit iPhone charger.
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Now it is consistent and harmonious with the other icons.
Are we talking about the illustration they copied straight from Apple's exchange website (http://www.apple.com/uk/support/usbadapter-european/)?
Apple has no disasters, everything is perfect and any problems are caused by user error or overbearing fascist stalinist liberal conservative socialist communist libertarian governments.