Prank website address causes iPhones to instantly crash

As miraculous as iPhones are, they’re not invulnerable to glitches – or prank websites.

The latest one to circulate is a website that causes Apple’s Safari to crash – and on iPhones it not only renders the device temporarily inert, it also causes it to heat up as it struggles to cope with the site’s coding.

Handily titled Crash Safari, the site overloads the brower’s URL bar with text, and causes iPhones to reboot.

It’s not just Apple products that are affected either – it’s not recommended to open the site on Android devices or PC browsers, as it still causes slow performance.

While many will obviously want to avoid clinking on the offending link, that might be easier said than done – pranksters are already taking to disguising the URL through link-shortening sites and spreading them on social media or via messages.