Cheap costs more
Everybody owns a cell phone. Not everybody use the original batteries for their phones. If you buy cheap and fake batteries you have the risk that the phone explodes in your hand. This happened to one man in Hong Kong and one man in Bangkok. The Nokia 6150 exploded in the hand of a man. He was taking the phone out of his pocket because it was getting hotter and hotter. The man is treated in the hospital for his wounds. This is the third incident in Hong Kong in the last three months. According to the Australian Paper, The Sydney Morning Herald, all of the phone’s were making use of alternative batteries. The victim told the police that he purchased the battery somewhere at a shop on the street for half of the original Nokia battery price. In China, mobile phones are more often connected with personal accidents. Recently someone was using his phone while there was a storm and the lightning hit him. A professor of the Atmosphere Science Department at the University of Beijing confirms the story: “It can be really dangerous to make use of your phone when there is a storm with lightning outside.”The electro magnetic radiation of the equipment would be great conductor for electricity.www.webwereld.nl
A Bangkok businessman was slightly injured after his mobile phone exploded. Company executive Wichai Thongwiangchan, owner of the exploding mobile phone, was slightly injured on his hand.
“I was using a remote control to open the front gate. As the gate was closing behind me, I took my mobile phone from my belt, thinking the battery had run down.”
When Wichai tried to turn his phone on, it exploded into small pieces, spreading fragments over a circled area of three meters. The businessman said the main injury he suffered was to his hand.
“My hand would have been more seriously harmed without the leather cover on the phone. If I had used it (the phone) my ear would have been burnt,” Wichai said. Wichai said he bought the battery, compatible with his mobile phone, from a local shop.
Amnat, a mobile-phone shop owner, said it was not uncommon for mobile-phone owners to buy cheaper substandard batteries.www.theage.com
