WTF?? Man Killed By "Exploding Mobile Phone"
A man has died after his mobile phone exploded, severing a major artery in his neck, according to reports.
The man, thought to be a shop assistant in his twenties at a computer shop in Guangzhou, China, died after he put a new battery in his phone. It was believed that he may have just finished charging the battery and had put the phone in his breast pocket when it exploded.
According to the local Chinese daily Shin Min Daily News, the accident happened on January 30. An employee at the shop told Chinese media that she heard a loud bang and saw her colleague lying on the floor of the shop in a pool of blood. The employee said the victim had recently changed the battery in his mobile phone.
Chinese authorities have yet to determine the make and model of the phone and its battery. Police were investigating whether the phone and battery were counterfeit.
Local reports said that this was the ninth recorded cellphone explosion in China since 2002. In the most high profile recent incident, in June 2007, a 22-year-old welder, Xiao Jinpeng, died from chest wounds when his mobile phone exploded while he was at work at an iron mill in Gansu province.
Lithium batteries are widely used in mobile phones - but if they are overcharged or exposed to heat, the inflammable liquid inside can explode.
Motorola and Nokia, two of the world's biggest mobile phone makers, denied links to the distributors of problem batteries in China, suggesting they were counterfeit.
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Comment by pana on February 5, 2009 at 4:03am - *sending this comment from a blackberry* uh oh....
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Comment by DEMETRICE HARRISON on February 4, 2009 at 4:07pm
- who keeps their cellphone in their chest pocket anyway??
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Comment by Sasucule on February 4, 2009 at 3:48pm - Thas why I don't use one.
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Comment by J-CULLI™ on February 4, 2009 at 2:43pm - wow...just wow. R.I.P. dude thats really fucked up dying from a cell phone damn
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Comment by osixx on February 4, 2009 at 2:37pm - damn thats terrible.
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Comment by DaBar Tazadaq on February 4, 2009 at 1:57pm - http://www.zshare.net/audio/55080537e8e56c2d/
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Comment by Hugo on February 4, 2009 at 12:31pm - Damn that shit weird....now we gotta b careful wit them chinese foness....
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Comment by Not a dime, but a DIAMOND on February 4, 2009 at 10:46am - that is a sad way to go. rip dude. but on the real i am not surprised. all i can do is inform, and if you don't know here's another tip: you shouldn't talk on your phone either while it is charging, why? because the same thing can happen, only instead of your chest it will be your ears and head. say what you want, but sony ericsson is the maker i swear by. for real, there shits are so thorough, if you drop your shit in the toliet all you have to do is let that bitch dry out for a day and your phone is back to normal. don't even have to buy a new phone. don't ask me how i know just know i do. lol. sony doesn't have all the gidgets and gadgets that new phones have but guess what, it doesn't have all the bullshit either. keep it simple people and practical, get more bang for your buck.
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Comment by BNSyndicate on February 4, 2009 at 10:34am -
On the real almost everything is made in China nowadays.
I don't see people complaining about the good shit...
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Comment by SkiMaskRida on February 4, 2009 at 10:20am - "I JUST SAT MY BLACKBERRY ACROSS THE ROOM... WORD UP, THAT'S SOME TWILITE ZONE SHIT, PHONES KILLING PEOPLE, THATZZZZ CRAZZZZY............" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO U GOT ME ROLLIN
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