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Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Portable Wireless Speakers Due to Fire Hazard

Recalled June 3, 2015 · CPSC recall 15156 · Apple

Apple Beats Pill XL portable wireless speaker frontApple Beats Pill XL portable wireless speaker rearApple Beats Pill XL portable wireless speaker colors
Hazard
The battery can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Remedy
Refund
Units
About 222,000 in the U.S. (and about 11,000 in Canada)
Incidents / injuries
Apple has received eight reports of incidents of the speakers overheating, including one with a burn to a consumer's finger and one with damage to a consumer's desk.

Description

This recall involves all Beats Pill XL portable, wireless speakers. The recalled products are plastic, capsule-shaped speakers about 4 inches tall by 13 inches wide by 4 inches deep with a plastic mesh grille on the front and a built-in carrying handle to the rear. The small "b" Beats logo is on the grille and "beatspillXL" is on the handle. The speakers come in five colors black, white, pink, metallic sky and titanium.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Apple for a $325 Apple Store credit or electronic payment. Apple will provide a postage paid box for consumers to send their Pill XL speaker to Apple.

Contact

Apple Inc. online at www.apple.com or www.beatsbydre.com or www.apple.com/support/beats-pillxl-recall or contact Apple Support toll-free at (800) 275-2273 anytime for more information.

Product
Beats Pill XL speaker
Imported by
Beats Electronics LLC, of Culver City, Calif. · Apple Inc., of Cupertino, Calif.
Retailers
Apple Retail Stores and major retail stores nationwide and online at Apple.com and Beatsbydre.com from January 2014 through June 2015 for about $300.
Made in
China

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →