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To: Bill Wolf who wrote (83019)2/3/2009 1:39:01 PM
From: engineer  Respond to of 197443
 
This is what happens when you get the cheapest knockoff product.

Batteries shipping into the US have to have a saftey device which disconnects the battery in case it gets hit or overcharged.

I would bet this is a Litium polymer battry with no protection circuit.

So with one article and nobody to really find out the facts, they can paint a large broad brush on the entire cellphone industry.

I guess only the part about where it takes his head off is newsworthy.



To: Bill Wolf who wrote (83019)2/3/2009 6:31:20 PM
From: ggamer  Respond to of 197443
 
<A man has died after his mobile phone exploded, severing a major artery in his neck, according to reports. >

Was cell phone manufactured in Pakistani Tribal Area?


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