We have a fascination with people being hurt, maimed or even killed by cell phones. Call us morbid, but we just can't help it.
Less than a month after Nokia
recalled 46 million batteries from its BL-5C series, the Finnish cell phone maker might have to start thinking about recalling yet another series. An Indian woman (pregnant, no less!) suffered (thankfully) mild burns when her
three year old Nokia exploded ten minutes after she plugged it in to the charger.
The exploding battery was not part of part of the previously recalled series, but from the BL-D3 series. Nokia says it was an isolated incident and if the phone, charger and battery all turn out to be original, the woman will be compensated. We don't know which Nokia phones are affected with the BL-D3 series batteries, but check the Nokia Web site for further updates.
Even if this is an "isolated" incident, it gets us nervous since the news increasingly tells us we're carrying around so many potential firestarters in our bags and pockets:
Laptops burst into flames,
cell phone batteries explode, and, it seems as though
Sony has to recall batteries every couple of months.
We don't know about you, but we're beginning to feel a little bit like walking time-bombs.
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