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Motorola Phone Kills Man

5 July 2007 by axxxr
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A 22-year-old welder in northwestern China has died when his Motorola phone battery exploded as he was working in hot temperatures.

The battery exploded while the phone was in the man's pocket as he was welding at a factory in Shuangcheng in Jinta county in Gansu province, the Lanzhou Chenbao reported, adding that the death was believed to be the first in China caused by a cell phone battery, DPA reported.

The June 19 blast broke a rib and drove it into the man's heart and he collapsed in a pool of blood, the report said. He was taken to hospital but died there.

The manufacturer of the phone was notified and dispatched experts to Jinta to conduct an investigation. source:presstv

 

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Comments
On 7 Jul 06:45 Dhakz wrote
User should read the manual before operating any electronic device. One should be aware of using such devices in extreme heat.
On 6 Jul 16:28 motobomb wrote
motobomb
On 6 Jul 04:01 SeF wrote
certainly it's a fake that always explodes! no original battery had ever explode because the manufacturer knows the algorithm behind the battery. those fakers do not know anything.... see how the desire to make money has kill one precious living being:T_T
On 6 Jul 02:40 aerobomb wrote
it's probably a immitation (fake) battery.. i never heard of any original battery that explodes.. in philippines incidents like that happened. not only for motorola but for nokia's immitation batteries too...
On 5 Jul 23:13 Jojo wrote
Motorola should have a TALK with Nokia . . . as their batts have the tendency to explode !
On 5 Jul 20:40 BUMMER wrote
the lesson:

always use an original battery for your phone. not fakes ok boys & girls
On 5 Jul 19:26 djo wrote
I have always my cellphone with me on my work and i weld the 8 hour on a day, never hear befor that something like this can happen.
Tomorrow i pull my phone in my bag ^^
On 5 Jul 18:32 DoctorMantis wrote
To Motorola's credit, the man was *welding* - a knowingly high-temperature operation. Who would bring a cell phone in with them while working under these conditions? Score another one for Darwin.
On 5 Jul 18:01 korbindallis wrote
i second that china is full of fakes
On 5 Jul 17:27 BBS wrote
Is the battery also from Motorola? China is full of fakes.
On 5 Jul 15:53 MOTOROLAgotodie wrote
SHEET!!
MOTOROLA

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