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A man in Thailand, who was reportedly using an unauthorized third-party charger to charge his iPhone 4S, was pronounced dead after being electrocuted by his iPhone while it was being charged, MacRumors is reporting (via Daily News Thailand). Third-party iPhone chargers, which often do not meet Apple’s standards, have been accused of being a safety hazard in the past as well.
“Local police found that the smartphone was still connected to a charger in a nearby power outlet, indicating that the victim had likely been talking on the phone while charging it at the same time.
Photographs taken of the charger show a blue model different from the standard white ones that Apple includes with every iPhone, suggesting that it was a cheaply made fake.”
Earlier this year, a woman in China suffered eye injuries from her iPhone 5 after it exploded while being charged with an unauthorized third-party adapter. Similarly, a Chinese man was reportedly left in a coma after receiving an electric shock while charging his iPhone 4 back in July.
Apple has formally responded to such events in the past, by establishing a “Takeback Program” that offers official replacement chargers for $10 to anyone who turns in a suspect third-party USB charger.
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Following the different “sources” of the story, it’s bizarre how how each report has twisted it from the original source.
Sleeping in bed … sleeping on a concrete floor
In his room … in the basement
Talking on the phone … laying on the phone
If he was talking on the phone, what does the person he was talking to have to say?
Burned his hand and chest … skin fused to the phone
lesson here: dont use 3rd party chargers.
Thanks Captain Obvious… I don’t get it, is Thailand 220Volt? Or what…..
There’s this thing called the “Internet”. Word is it can answer pointless questions like that really easily.