A mother-of-two left with painful wrist burns when her Apple Watch 'overheated' in the sun was shocked when the technology giant accused her of wearing it incorrectly after she complained.

Annie Hoang took her Apple Watch Sport back to Apple's store in Coquitlam in British Columbia last month after discovering the burns on her wrist.

The 48-year-old had been on a long car journey when she says the device, which cost around $500, overheated and burned her skin after being exposed to the sun.

And Mrs Hoang doesn't seem to be the only person to have suffered burns from the device. Many people have taken to Twitter to express their anger, posting pictures of their burns.

Annie Hoang was left with painful burn marks on her wrist after wearing her Apple Watch Sport in the sun

She had been given the watch around three months earlier as a 16th anniversary gift from her husband. He paid $502 for the gift including tax.

'I had the watch for three months then one day, when we were on a road trip, I had been wearing it for around seven hours before I took it off,' Mrs Hoang told MailOnline.

'Once I took it off it was painful and I saw the burns. The watch was warm and uncomfortable.

At first, staff in the store allegedly ignored her complaints. On her third visit Mrs Hoang says she spoke with a manager who eventually agreed to give her a refund.

'I took it back to the Apple store to report it to them and at first they didn't take it seriously.

'I had to go back to see the manager who was nice - he offered me a new watch but I said I didn't want one in case I was burned again and then they gave me a refund.'

The mother-of-two took the device back to her local Apple store but later accused of wearing the watch too tightly

Mrs Hoang had her watch for around three months before she was burned

Mrs Hoang was told the device would be sent to a laboratory for testing and that she would be contacted with the results.

Around two days later, she said, she received an email from an Apple employee suggesting she had been wearing the watch too tightly when it burned her.

'They said I was wearing it wrong, too tightly, or that maybe I had a skin irritation,' Mrs Hoang added.

'I'd had it for three months, if I wore it too tightly then it would have happened beforehand. I think it's because it was the first time it had been exposed to the sun.'

Earlier this year Apple enthusiasts took to Twitter to complain of similar burns after purchasing some of the first watches

A support page warned customers that some may suffer an allergic reaction to the materials used in the watch's straps, all of which contain nickel. Pictured is a man's burn from the Apple Watch

Alex Trujillo posted a picture of his burn from the watch, saying: 'So there might be something to this whole "Apple Watch cases rashes and burn marks" thing ...'

Apple UK and in Canada has not responded to MailOnline's repeated requests for comment. A

a page on its support site warns a small number of people could react to certain materials used in the Apple Watch.

Earlier this year Apple enthusiasts took to Twitter to complain of similar burns after purchasing some of the first watches.

Alex Trujillo posted a picture of his burn from the watch, saying: 'So there might be something to this whole "Apple Watch cases rashes and burn marks" thing ...'

A support page warned customers that some may suffer an allergic reaction to the materials used in the watch's straps, all of which contain nickel.