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Looks like we were all too quick to blame the Chinese cellphone battery as the culprit responsible for a Chinese man’s death last week. As you’ll probably remember, the man was shopping at a Lenovo store in China when shoppers reported hearing a loud “bang” and seeing the man fall to the ground. It seems that the explosion that severed arteries in the man’s chest and neck weren’t related to a cellphone battery whatsoever, rather, a homemade gun apparently discharged into the man’s chest.
The “imitation firearm with bullets” is presumably the source of the loud bang heard by nearby shoppers at the Lenovo store. It’s also presumed that the bullets hit the man’s cellphone en route to vital arteries, leading to our initial speculation that the cellphone battery had exploded.
We’re not saying third-party batteries from China are 100% safe, but it’s comforting to know that this poor man’s death was by firearm, and not mobile phone.
[Via: Telegraph.co.uk]
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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
