Exploding Motorola cellphone killed man in China
Not only laptops, but now also cellphones can transform into dangerous explosive toys. A 22-year-old welder in China was killed after his Motorola cell phone exploded in the man’s chest pocket. Motorola officials are working with Chinese authorities to figure out what caused the explosion. The phone reportedly was exposed to high temperatures before it blew up. Xiao Jinpeng, a welder at the Yingpan Iron Ore Dressing Plant in Jinta county in western China’s Gansu province, was killed on June 19 when the battery in his cell phone exploded, according to an Associated Press report from Xinhua, China’s state news agency. The Motorola cell phone was in Xiao’s chest pocket, and had reportedly been exposed to high temperatures before it exploded, Xinhua said. Rib fragments pierced Xiao’s heart following the explosion. After emergency treatment failed, Xiao reportedly died at a local hospital.
While there have been several reports of injuries in the past, this appears to be the first fatality resulting from a cell phone battery explosion. It has not yet been determined whether the battery was an original Motorola battery or not, according to reports. “Motorola’s priority is, and always has been, the safety of our customers, and all Motorola products are designed, manufactured and tested to meet or exceed international and local standards for consumer safety and performance,” Motorola spokesperson Jennifer Erickson told TechNewsWorld.”At this time, preliminary evidence suggests that it is highly unlikely that a cell phone caused this accident; however, we are cooperating with the Chinese authorities to determine and investigate the root cause,” Erickson added. “Of course, our thoughts and prayers are with the individual’s family and friends,” she said.
Comments(41)
One hell of a lawsuit for Motorola
man, when i read this, sounds like something off a james bond movie or something. how the secret agent killed his mark by using a cell phone…crazy. man that sucks…poor guy.
They got a phot of the phone here:
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/07/05/motorola-phone-battery-explodes-kills-chinese-welder.html
That’s messed up.
i dunno about the law suit…how can they prove it? i mean the guys a welder, the batteries do say do not throw into flame becouse it could explode…so maybe it just overheated?
If i was the closet family member to that guy, i would sue for millions and millions and millions, you might not get it all, but they will settle out for a large amount.
Motorola will NOT be liable for one cent. Lawyers will easily claim and prove stupidity on the part of the Chinese worker.
Ignorance is no excuse!
it was probabably a chinese bootleg motorola cellphone. China is notorious for bootlegging. LOL
Hmmm,
I carry my Moto in my front pants pocket. =O
Time to put it in a backpack with a thick book between it and myself.
amazingly weird story, something fricky beyond…fricky!
really messtup.
remind me of the ingeniouse israeli operation back in 95′, they killed bomb engineer with the help of cellphone.
amazing stroy as well.
@ swordfish
You obiously don’t comprehend lawsuits. These phones are sold under the knowledge that people will place these in their pockets and on rare ocassions the phone may be under high temperatures. Now, if the phone stops working because of the heat, than that is one thing, but if it EX-FUCKING-PLODES all of the fucking place, than that is a lawsuit!
If you sell things that you know people will put in their pockets, make fucking sure i can’t explode.
shocking!
2 things that I have to point out/bring attention to…
1). Cheap a$$ phones will kill you [actual phone was similar to Nokia 'throwaway' phone sold in gas stations].
2). If you’re a ‘WELDER’ then you may want to take heed and keep objects that include warnings against ‘high temperature exposure’ AWAY FROM HIGH HEAT. Yurg?!
cheap ass phones will kill you ? are you serious? thats got to the be the stupidest shit i ever heard.
Now this is what would have made Transformers a big hit. A nuclear phone in Sam’s back pocket
WTFPWNBBQ!
….too soon?
WTF!!! to the cellphone blow up it must have been pretty hot! he should use more protective cloths and no electronic devices operating at work
Lawsuit? This happened in China. Noone will be forced to pay you a single dime if you spill hot coffee over yourself. Same with the cellphone. Batteries always have and will explode when exposed to extremely high temperatures. That’s just common sense. Too bad for the guy though.
im sure there will be a settlement, petty cash for such a huge corporation, and it sure beats the possibility of creating the next huge internet fad “motorola killed my son” campaign exploding all over the place
What ignorance?!?! The guy was welding while having his self phone in is pocket, what’s wrong with that?
@19: Well what’s wrong with having a lighter full of gas in your pocket? It’s very unlikely, but it happened to me that it exploded when I sat down on it with my skinny ass. Should I sue the lighter manufacturing company because of my own stupidity?
I guess you can join worldwied battery resources at http://www.global-battery-directory.com to gain more information.
Think it fits the comparison what heat does to a battery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeWq6rWzChw
Someone set up us the bomb
Very good publicity for Motorola.
oh man what a way to go, “how did your father die?” “he was murdered by a cellphone very Tragic” “yeah i hear those cellphones are crazy”
this is truly an unfortunate incident, some don’t realize that Cellphones (and not only cellphones) but modern technology could be pretty dangerous >.
this is truly an unfortunate incident, some don’t realize that Cellphones (and not only cellphones) but modern technology could be pretty dangerous
My condolences go out to the Family . . .
Firefox Timeout . . . downloading torrents
Ironic Eh?
lawsuit??
this is china…
This welder, who works in an iron smeltering plant (i guess it can be REALLY hot in there) probably makes 1$ a day. his family got over 17k$ in compensation, that is HUGE MONEY in china.
millions upon millions. hahahah.
Americans really should understand that most of the world is nothing like the US.
hell, after the Tianenman square massacre, the deceased’s families were billed for the bullets used to kill their loved once.
LOL !!!! i imagine a hot rock from the weld was smoldering away in his pocket with his phone and he didnt notice till it was too late ..that will teach him for being a messy welder
With your phone in your jeans’ pocket, you would lose a limb and your genitals. Stupid mobile phones…
This was a terrorist action lead by Apple to sell more iPhones, because Motorola is #1 in the US. Hehehe.
This is a fucking Darwin award, nothing more. Move along.
FB
That’s what i’ve been trying to say all along! Motorola are terrorists!
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Do you think we coul get ipod4free on here as well, just to complete the spamming of affiliate links.
The other day I was welding with my Moto in my front pocket. I feel sick now. That’s the 2nd weird coincedence this week. Yesterday, I saw the movie Requiem for A Dream, and in one scene the main junkie is wearing the exact same shirt as I was during the movie. I’m scared.
Requiem for A Dream…
yeah good old movie
my sympathy to the chinese welder …
stein, next you should watch Donnie Darko, its about your upcoming halloween.
Hi all.
Does anyone recognise the model? I know the brand, just after the model.
And does motorola use Sony batteries?
cheers.
if this had happened in us Motorola would be done with a capital d
MOTORLA exployed a cell phone in my house i had a $35000 fire call me or email and i will tell you how thay dont stand behind what thay sell 810 736 8437 or davidallentile@aol.com
@ 20, just dont sit down stoopid!
@ 30, yeah and now he’s dead! bet he learned his lesson though!