Man Killed Midconversation When Cell Phone Exploded
There were no witnesses to the incident, but it is believed that Gopal Gujjar, a 23-year-old man from from India's Banda village, was killed when his cell phone exploded midconversation, causing serious injuries to his ear. Gujjar's body was found near his farm along with the charred remains of his cell phone and battery Tuesday morning. Gujjar suffered burns on his left ear as well as on parts of his neck and shoulders, according to the police who recovered his body earlier this week.Gujjar was using a Nokia 1209, a model that came out in 2008, according to the New York Daily News. "It is probably the first incident in the country in which a mobile phone exploded while it was not being charged," the Times of India reported. "However, there have been cases when users sustained injuries as phones exploded." Earlier this year, a woman was killed when talking to her husband on a Chinese-made cell phone while it was plugged into the wall. And deaths from mobile phones have been reported in a handful of other countries, including Korea and Nepal.
Read original story in The Times of India | Friday, Aug. 20, 2010
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This is outrageous! As many time as I have talked for hours on the phone while it's being charged..WOW! Scary! What causes this?? I'm a bit skeptical now about what is really going to happen with technology in the future. Our technology moves so fast that we barely have time to test thing for a long run before implementing them into our lives. We really need to slow down and do better research.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually kind of terrifying, but it wouldn't shock me all that much if it weree true. Ecpecially when it comes to smart phones, people put so much information on there, and are constantly connected to something throughout the day that we could be setting ourselves up for disaster. I agree with Sarita, technology has advanced so quickly over the past 20 years, it can be good and bad. I feel that we may need to slow down and develope things mroe readily before exposing ourselves to potentially dangerous situations.
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