Apple Recalls Beats 'Pill' Speaker After Reports of Overheating
By KYW tech editor Ian Bush
CULVER CITY, Calif. (CBS) -- Apple is recalling more than 200,000 Beats speaker units, after one person was burned by an overheating device.
Under scrutiny is the Beats by Dr. Dre Pill XL: could its battery be a fire hazard?
"Apple has received eight reports of incidents of the speakers overheating, including once incident with a burn to a consumer's finger and one with damage to a consumer's desk," notes Carl Purvis, of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The speaker comes in five colors, and has been on sale since the beginning of last year.
Apple is advising customers to stop using the Beats Pill XL, and is offering $325 if you send yours back -- that's $25 more than the list price.
You have to submit a web form first, and Apple will send you a postage-paid box to return the unit.
The CPSC says about 222,000 of the speakers have been sold in the US.
