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ShoresGuy · 01-26-2004, 6:08 AM

This is a repost from what was posted over on HoFo:

Man burns his ear on cell phone

Florida teenager has a hot cell phone — literally.

"People think I'm joking at first," Robert Clifford told WPLG-TV of Miami. "I show them the burn and it freaks them out."

Clifford, of Davie, Fla., said the phone felt warm when he took it from his pocket, but didn't think it was hot enough to cause blisters on his ear. He was wrong.

"I didn't know it was a burn," Clifford said. "It felt like I had gotten hit — like someone smashed me real hard in the side of the head."

Most modern cell phones come with warnings that carrying phones alongside small metal objects such as keys, coins or paper clips could cause the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to overheat. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (search) has received complaints of five similar incidents, the TV station learned.

"The battery kept swelling up. It got hot," Clifford recounted. "The heat kept increasing ... the last 10 minutes it started smelling. The stench filled the whole room."

After some prodding by the TV station, Clifford's wireless carrier apologized, gave him credit for lost time and provided him with a new phone.

The company also asked for the old phone back to conduct its own investigation. Clifford's parents refused.
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Ouch is all I can say to that [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

bobolito · 01-26-2004, 10:11 AM

I have a feeling that was a Nokia.

Bugwart · 01-26-2004, 3:29 PM

Do you suppose there might have been a wee bit of intoxicating substances involved in this?

If you were sober and awake, would you leave a hot phone in your pocket? Or worse yet, try to use it with the battery swelling and the entire thing stinking? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

GoodmanR · 01-26-2004, 5:14 PM

LSD???????????????

twopiece · 01-27-2004, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by: Bugwart
Do you suppose there might have been a wee bit of intoxicating substances involved in this?

If you were sober and awake, would you leave a hot phone in your pocket? Or worse yet, try to use it with the battery swelling and the entire thing stinking? [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

Sober and awake? Or was it Stoned and awake? At that point everything feels and smells the same.

01-26-2004, 6:08 AM	#1
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