Man Killed in Mobile Phone Explosion

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A 20 year-old Chinese youngster died when a battery inside the phone he was carrying in his pocket exploded, severing his arteries leading to massive blood loss and eventual death. According to some reports, the person had recently changed his phone battery and had charged the same moments before the fatal accident. The accident occurred in front of a Lenovo store in Guangzhou, China.

Exploding phone batteries are not a new phenomenon. However, fatalities from such occurrences are rare and this one just might be the worst ever recorded. The incident also makes us wonder if it is really worth saving money when it comes to batteries. While we still do not have details regarding the phone or the kind of battery that was involved in the incident, it is likely that this might be one of those cheap duplicate batteries.
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Thank god I was about to get a battery for my iphone from dealextreme:ashamed:

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thats why you should always be buying original batteries rather than cheapo duplicate ones.
 
I didn't know Chinese people sell inferior products to their own people as well lol. Anyway, R.I.P
 
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I didn't know Chinese people sell inferior products to their own people as well lol. Anyway, R.I.P
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Any one can do anything with any one for money... come out of Ecstasy effect. :(
 
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Exploding cellphone battery that killed Chinese man was actually a gun

by Donald Melanson, posted Feb 10th 2009 at 2:43PM

While some of the details still seem to be up in the air at the moment, it looks like that exploding cellphone battery that killed a man shopping at a Lenovo store in mainland China a couple of weeks back was actually not a cellphone battery at all, but rather an actual firearm of some sort. According to some roughly translated reports from Sohu.com, the "imitation firearm with bullets" suddenly fell to the ground at one point, which caused the bullets to fire up into the man's chest and neck arteries, leading to massive blood loss. The Telegraph newspaper further adds that the gun, which they describe as a home-made pistol, also damaged the man's cellphone when it went off, leading to the initial suspicion that the battery may be to blame. So there you have it, folks, while cellphones may or may not kill people, guns (makeshift or otherwise) certainly do.

Source : Exploding cellphone battery that killed Chinese man was actually a gun - Engadget Mobile
 
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