Posted by goldenface
Indian Man Killed by Exploding Nokia 1209
In a country where remote farmers and corporate suits share a similar passion for mobile phones, a lot of strange things can happen.
Such is the case in Bandha village where a 23-year old man was killed by an exploding cell phone. The man, identified as Gopal Gujjar, was tending to grazing cattle and reportedly talking on his cell phone when it literally explode in his face. In the aftermath of the explosion, the unfortunate man was found dead with burns to his left ear, neck, and shoulders. Pieces of his cell phone, a Nokia 1209 if you were wondering, were found scattered around him.
Interestingly enough, this is one of the first reported cases in India of a cell phone exploding when it was not charging. Other incidents of deadly mobile phones and phone explosions have been reported but many of them occurred while the phone was plugged in and charging. Wonder what happened to this Nokia 1209 that caused it to explode with such fury? Anyone have a reasonable theory?
[ This Message was edited by: laffen on 2010-08-25 01:58 ]
Posted by ceaser2008
Oh thats sad.
Posted by goldenface
Not something you'd expect to happen to you really - a phone blowing up in your face.
Posted by Stevez2011
Im jst gonna stik 2 my bluetooth headset.........
Posted by tranced
This is really sad indeed. I guess this has to do with the battery.
Posted by ceaser2008
It is sad. Last week i had one discussion with my friend who knows more about computer and internet. He said a mobile is potential bomb even pc as well. He said something like a trick would cause it to blow. I will not mention his exact language because of a miss use. But can be done that via signal.
I would stick to my bluetooth headset. But i am using two other nokia phones as well.
Posted by Bonovox
I have heard a similar case before somewhere. I have also heard of melting iphones but this is bad
I do wonder about Nokia sometimes cos I once had a brand new Nokia 5530 XM & it blew all the electrics in the house 
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2010-08-24 17:35 ]
Posted by julias
You can't entirely blame Nokia for this tragedy as its possible that the battery in the phone was not Nokia's own but a fake as quite a lot of fake phones accessory's and other such goods enter India via the shared border from China
Posted by korbindallis
most of the time its faulty Chinese batteries to blame
Posted by eddie2020
u cant blame all chinese..the invent but no 1 ask u to buy
Posted by clinton
probably sum1 trick his phone and when contact the phone by another phone it exploded..im a blasting engr. electronic device such as celphone can be use as detonator..be sure to activate phone lock on your phone...
Posted by eddie2020
phone lock? not keypad lock?
without phone lock u can blast our phone?
Posted by clinton
rather keypad lock....
Posted by Stevez2011
diz iz getn scary...must stik 2 landline
Posted by fairen
Oh that's really terrible! I've heqard of a same story once from an article on timtechs and it was an iPhone