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AbuBasim
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S Korea probes 'cell phone death'
Authorities in South Korea are investigating the death of a man amid reports he may have been killed by an exploding mobile phone battery.
He was found at his workplace with a melted battery in his shirt pocket and punctured lungs and heart.
Phone maker LG said the cell would have been rigorously tested and was only sold in Korea but it could not comment further because of the police probe.
A welder in China was reportedly killed by an exploding cell phone in July.
Soot shape
The 33-year-old South Korean was found in a quarry where he worked in Cheongwon County in North Chungcheong Province, 135km (85 miles) south of Seoul, police said.
A co-worker said the victim was bleeding from the nose and his shirt had soot in the shape of a phone.
Kim Hun, a doctor at Chungbuk National University Hospital, told South Korea's Kookmin Ilbo: "There were burns on his left chest, and fractures of his ribs and spine as well as haemorrhaging in the lungs.
"Considering all these factors, it seems that high pressure from an explosion damaged his lungs and heart, leading to his death."
A police investigation is under way.
Phone maker LG issued a statement saying it rigorously tested its products and the lithium-ion polymer batteries had been approved for consumers by independent agencies.
It said: "We are not in a position to discuss this incident further, as an investigation by the Korean police department and the National Institute of Scientific Investigation (Nisi) is underway.
"We confirm that the handset which is presumed to be involved in the incident is manufactured and sold only in Korea."
Korean media said this was the first case of a suspected phone battery fatality in the country.
The case in China's Gansu province was attributed to the man's high working temperatures. The explosion apparently drove rib splinters through his heart and he died after emergency surgery.
High temperatures would not have been the cause on such a cold day in a Korean quarry, local media said.
Kevlar mobile phone case, anyone?
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KCC4
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 ... thats really sad to hear....
Remind me never to by another LG phone.. 
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paul101
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i flipped my phone open (lgu880) a while ago and it came flying off 
does anyone know what model it was? 
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lovewalrus
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Shit, never again will i carry my viewty in my trouser pocket-would rather loose my life than one of my family jewels! Ha
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Really, really, really old news.
EDIT: Sorry! I was thinking about this one
http://www.esato.com/news/article.php/id=1731
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AbuBasim
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Perhaps we will see new restrictions coming up affecting air travellers packing mobile phones and laptops...
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MYB87
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so the safest place to carry a cellphone in the back pocket? ^^ |
Miss UK
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WoW 
put your phones in your bags folks
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fatevdestiny
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On 2007-11-28 23:19:08, MYB87 wrote:
so the safest place to carry a cellphone in the back pocket? ^^
That would blow yer ass off 
Shame what happened
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Twometre
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On 2007-11-29 02:22:03, miss uk wrote:
WoW
put your phones in your bags folks
Miss uk, we men never carry bags around  This is so sad and scarry. Being killed by your own phone Imagine those who like working around fire or when you are having a braai, how evil these devicer can be 
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gola
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july
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I once had a battery problem but it wasnt servere. Back in the golden days when the Nokia 3310 was still a heat. I rceieved a call on a hot and sunny day. The battery forced itself out of the phone. Luckily it was still far from the ear. It burnt my sim an some of the components. :sad
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Miss UK
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buy a laptop case and pretend you have a laptop lol
put your phone in there and if any accidents there goes the case
btw ive never had anything like that happen,
my mates mothers television went up in smoke though
HITACHI it was new aswell (Widescreen 28 inch) 
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razec
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Sad news, still nothings perfect. there is only one clear thing to those who are afraid of buying LG now. if it's your time you can't escape it
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Twometre
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@miss uk thins heppan and at times they are just confusing. Imagine if you were near the television what would have heppaned.
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