cellphone battery explodes

[zerocool1]

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We're a bit heavy-hearted to report the news, but it would appear a 59 year old man by the name of Luis Picaso was severely burned when a cellphone in his pocket caught fire and consumed his hotel room. Over half of Luis's body is said to be severely burned; damages to the building totaled over $75,000. Other details are still slim -- like what kind of phone and battery he was using -- but suffice it to say, be careful with your batteries both in the way you use and handle them, as well as the kind you buy. That extra $10 you spend for a first party batt might be worth the cash in the long run (unless it's a Sony, har har).

wowza

 

[doze]

Anything that holds an electric charge is a potential fire hazard.

Kind of a worthless story with no details about make/model of phone, battery, and charger

 

[zerocool1]

i just hope its not the first of many such incidents like with the laptop batteries.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: zerocool1
i just hope its not the first of many such incidents like with the laptop batteries.

this just in sony announces the recall of over 100 million cellphone batteries

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: zerocool1
i just hope its not the first of many such incidents like with the laptop batteries.

this just in sony announces the recall of over 100 million cellphone batteries

LOL. I just bought a Sony Ericsson W810i, too. Doh! 😉

 

[chcarnage]

I remember that some years ago some Nokia fake batteries caught fire. I'm sure that with a battery from the original manufacturer you're orders of magnitude safer from failure and fire.

It gets tricky when even reputable businesses sell these fakes, this sporadically happened to unattentive or malicious retailers. It's a similar thing like re-labeled Semprons and other frauds: The customer is likely to never find it out and if he does, the chances that the scammers get caught are minimal. 🙁

 

[Colt45]

Yeah, avoid the 2000% under normal price eBay "genuine Nokia" batteries. $2 is too good to be true 😛

 

[Jeff7]

From what little I know of Li-ion batteries, I do know that they are very picky about how they're charged, and that lithium is a pretty reactive metal. This is not an area where, as a manufacturer, it is a good idea to cut corners.

 

[FoBoT]

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