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Three injured as Nokia phone bursts in Howrah

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Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
Sep 17, 2007 at 8:35 AM
HOWRAH: A Nokia mobile phone set burst while it was being charged in a house here today, leaving three persons injured.

Police said, Nilkamal Verma (67) and his two grand children, who were sleeping on a bed, were injured when the set, kept near their cot, burst. The set was put on charging.

In August, Nokia had issued an advisory to its customers to replace their batteries with BL-5C category manufactured by Matsushita Company of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006 as those might explode during charging due to over heating.

Whether this set was of that category could not be immediately ascertained

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QwertyManiac
Sep 17, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Nokia issues a warning and we have cell phone explosion news all of a sudden .. :|

Mediaaaah!
Choto Cheeta
Sep 17, 2007 at 11:13 AM
Nothing but publicity gimic I suppose.... !!! :|
quadroplex780
Sep 17, 2007 at 11:24 AM
All I can say is that I hate the media.
praka123
Sep 17, 2007 at 3:53 PM
thnk god i got nokia replacement battry ;) :D
entrana
entrana #7
Sep 18, 2007 at 1:06 PM
the media peopel suck they just post whatever they feel like , damn bas****** would do anything for money
The_Devil_Himself
Sep 18, 2007 at 2:52 PM
I wonder nothing used to happen before nokia issued the warning.But after the warning phones started exploding while charging and interestingly they explode usually when there is someone nearby so that he\she\? definitely gets hurt.
Damn these publicity stunts.Maybe they are doing this to extort money from nokia or maybe get a n95 in replacement for their 2 year old 1100.
praka123
Sep 18, 2007 at 4:35 PM
^but not all are interested in free maal dude!my BL-5C really have problem(heating) esp while charging.
The_Devil_Himself
Sep 18, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Dude this is called placebo effect.It isn't there but you fell it is there because you believe it is there.
praka123
praka123 #11
Sep 19, 2007 at 2:22 PM
^yes :rolleyes: before this warning came-that time too i was worried about why the cell is getting heated while charging?
The_Devil_Himself
Sep 19, 2007 at 3:32 PM
Maybe one or two cases of genuine heating but come on this bursting phones is pure sh!t.
iamtheone
iamtheone #13
Sep 19, 2007 at 8:28 PM
tired of your girl friend?? gift her a nokia BL-5C battery aur zindagi bhar ke liye chhutkara.....
nokia-disconnecting people
this is suppose to be the standup joke nowdays for nokia
entrana
entrana #14
Sep 19, 2007 at 9:50 PM
^^nice one
kumarmohit
Sep 19, 2007 at 11:04 PM
Disconnecting People LMAO
Gigacore
Gigacore #16
Sep 23, 2007 at 1:11 PM
^ LOL... they are not disconnecting people, they are exploding people :D (just for joke)