Cell phone explosion?!

And we thought cell phones are safe. I was a bit surprised hearing the recent news on TV about a cell phone exploding. Based on the report, the cell phone owner was already asleep in her room when her Nokia N91 exploded. And to think that the cell phone and all its accessories were original. Hmmmm… it’s interesting to note that the cell phone was left charging while they slept and the time of explosion was 1 AM. Did the owner left it charging on purpose and went to sleep leaving it still connected to the power source until she wakes up? We know cell phone chargers automatically turn off after the cell phone is fully charged but maybe it did not in her case. It could have overheated the battery pack which caused the explosion.

This incident is not a rare case though. According to a recent Computerworld article, “Government regulators in the southern province of Guangdong said this week that they had discovered unsafe Motorola and Nokia mobile phone batteries that could explode under certain conditions, the New York Times, Bloomberg, and the Chicago Tribune reported.” Read more here.

With news like this, it’s better to be careful when charging cell phones — just take it off the power source when fully charged. This is just a simple precautionary measure that could save us from future regrets.