The 28-year-old woman told emergency services she was zapped while holding the phone in her Chatswood home about 8pm on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the phone was plugged in and charging at the time.
The woman was not seriously injured, but a NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said she was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition for treatment.
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Earlier this month, Apple said it would investigate claims an iPhone electrocuted a woman who was making a call while charging the device in China. This week another person, a man in China, was also reported to be in a coma after suffering electrocution from a charging iPhone. The Sydney woman is the fifth person treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics this year after receiving electric shocks from mobile phones, while hundreds more have been treated for injuries caused from household electrical appliances.
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