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Old Oct 12, 2015, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by beckoa
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I thought these POS systems were essentially apple ipod touches now?
They are iPhone 6 pluses that are docked into a card reader (like Square, but bigger).

It overheated and started smoking while it was in the galley, and the crew chose to stop the smoke with a fire extinguisher. There were no flames at any point.
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