Exploding cell phone kills store employee

Exploding cell phone kills store employee

news.cnet.com

February 3, 2009 9:42 PM PST
Posted by Chris Matyszczyk

I was just wondering whether to finally sacrifice my loyal and beautiful Nokia cell phone for something more contemporary when I discovered that a couple of days ago China experienced its ninth cell phone explosion since 2002.

In the latest, a sales associate in a computer store in Guangzhou apparently charged his new cell phone battery and put the phone into his shirt pocket. It then exploded, severing his neck artery. He bled to...

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I don't know if its any comfort that I don't carry my phone anywhere near THAT HEAD. So it seems I am not just risking cancer carrying around my cellphone near my nether regions

Gosh, who knew we could accidentally get a sex change anytime...

I guess I could start carrying one of those man purses...

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WOW
Another reason we should not buy Chinese cell phone replacement batteries.

Buy American replacement batteries I hear they will take your head off not just sever an artery

I posted this here

www.abovetopsecret.com...

but it got moved.

Could be political undesirables.

The exploding phone is an old school trick.

reply to post by reject


Oh lord... nice one. Technically, you'd just lack a certain organ... But hey, if it's missing you may as well go the extra step.

Whoa this isn't good, especially for me as I currently use a Chinese mobile (UT Starcom)..

Guess it's time to bring my old Nokia out of retirement.

Hey anyone wanna buy a cheep mobile?

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I'm on the same line of thinking there. Possibly sophisticated mob/government hits. Sounds like something right out of 24.

According to one of the reader comments on the CNET page, the batteries have exploded before and some recalls have been done.

"The batteries can become mini-bombs, caused by high temperatures and humidity".

Your not supposed to charge them at or above 45 celsius.