Quickfire Charging Hazard

We recently broke the news that AT&T was pulling its Quickfire off the stores rather suddenly. While there wasn’t any indication as to why the devices were pulled off so quickly, a new notification from AT&T might shed some light on it. It reads:

Please take special care when charging your Quickfire GTX75 mobile phone. There have been a few reports of significant overheating of the phone when the AC Charger adapter is inserted incorrectly and forced into the phone. The clearly marked, embossed arrow on the AC Charger adapter should always be face-up on the same side as the display screen of the Quickfire when it is inserted into the phone. See the diagram below for proper positioning and insertion of the AC Charger adapter into the phone. You should never force the AC Charger adapter into the phone.

Could the Quickfire be overheating and causing some serious damage? While AT&T doesn’t say so, it obviously seems to hint that it might be dangerous. The whole issue seems kind of ironic when you take into account that the device is called the Quickfire.