Feb 03 2009

China: Man killed by exploding cellphone

Published by Heike at 5:10 am under China internet

Just posted one of the breaking stories in China and now another is moving up the list of top searches in China.   A man in Guangzhou was killed when his cellphone exploded.  This was the 9th such incident reported since 2002.

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7 Responses to “China: Man killed by exploding cellphone”

  1. # jumperon 04 Feb 2009 at 8:43 am

    It may not have been his cell phone battery as previously thought:

    http://www.danwei.org/mobile_phone_and_wireless/an_exploding_cell_phone_or_a_z.php

    “However, new information has been revealed that casts doubt on the mobile-phone narrative: the following New Express article, translated by Mark Binnersley, blames homemade explosives:”

  2. # Heikeon 04 Feb 2009 at 9:40 am

    Everything from “homemade explosives” to “homemade gun.” I’ve seen reports of massive explosions on buses due to homemade explosives used in illegal mining operations.

  3. # CBRP1R8on 04 Feb 2009 at 9:55 am

    Chinese mob hit? Sounds like it…perfect way to send the go signal to the phone is to make the call that ends with his head exploding.

    Just sayin’…

  4. # Heikeon 04 Feb 2009 at 10:06 am

    Old: Franky, the boss says you gotta go start the car.

    New: Wang, the boss says you gotta answer the phone.

  5. # Heikeon 04 Feb 2009 at 10:08 am

    Jumper,

    I’m going to fix that stupid banner if it kills me. I know it looks like hell right now but I’ve got about 10 other versions in the works.

    Problem: They are all worse than the current one…sigh.

  6. # Eastwoodon 04 Feb 2009 at 12:02 pm

    hmm… the text in the banner looks a bit ms-word’ish…

  7. # Heikeon 04 Feb 2009 at 5:03 pm

    You know, I’ve been playing around with Gimp for the last couple of days and I HATE it!!

    Its probably not a bad program but I can’t figure it out to save my life. I should probably read the directions but what fun is that?