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Apple probe after women is electrocuted by answer the phone
A woman was killed when she answered her phone when it was charging.
Full Story here. Two things that I don't do is answer my phone when it is charging and leave my phone charging over night either. |
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I'm unsure how 5V at 1A is sufficient to kill anyone. My best guess is that there are other medical conditions here that may have been triggered by the shock.
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I'm unsure how 5V at 1A is sufficient to kill anyone. My best guess is that there are other medical conditions here that may have been triggered by the shock.
I know the family say they bought the phone from an Apple store, but you never know if the girl bought a replacement charger or something, or it got mixed up with somebody else's fake somehow. It may even be that fakes have got into Apple's supply chain in China somehow as it's rife out there. When you look at the electrical safety of the fakes it's a wonder there aren't more deaths. |
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In theory the mains could pass through the transformer and up the cable to the phone if the charger was fake or incorrectly assembled and the AC side bridged with the DC. The electrical clearances on the fakes have been known to be very scary.
I know the family say they bought the phone from an Apple store, but you never know if the girl bought a replacement charger or something, or it got mixed up with somebody else's fake somehow. It may even be that fakes have got into Apple's supply chain in China somehow as it's rife out there. When you look at the electrical safety of the fakes it's a wonder there aren't more deaths. I think the danger is where you get a sustained shock, like if you're in a bath and a mains powered device like a hairdryer or similar is dropped in. |
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Who knows the truth behind this story, but even if you grabbed a live ac mains wire ( which I have ) I think you would be very unlucky to get killed by it unless you have a serious health condition.
I think the danger is where you get a sustained shock, like if you're in a bath and a mains powered device like a hairdryer or similar is dropped in. |
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AC mains would have caused the phone to been thrown away by her hand likely only slightly shocking her. Not sure what this is about but it doesn't sound that straight forward...
Been shocked a few times by AC mains.. still here. Brain being close wouldn't be the issue it is always the heart, especially if it goes through one arm and grounds out via the other crossing the heart and stopping it, interfering with it or plain frying parts of it. DC however she'd be dead no questions asked. This article is very Apple negative to the point of smelling of Bulls**t. However very little mainstream coverage over the S4's that have been catching fire.. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/s...ging-overnight Heard of 5 in the UK alone.. (via retailers) no news at all about it anywhere!!! |
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fake apple charger teardowns, some scary shit right there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi-b9k-0KfE |
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she probably looked longingly at a galaxy S4
so St Steve simted her from above |
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AC mains would have caused the phone to been thrown away by her hand likely only slightly shocking her. Not sure what this is about but it doesn't sound that straight forward...
Been shocked a few times by AC mains.. still here. Brain being close wouldn't be the issue it is always the heart, especially if it goes through one arm and grounds out via the other crossing the heart and stopping it, interfering with it or plain frying parts of it. DC however she'd be dead no questions asked. This article is very Apple negative to the point of smelling of Bulls**t. However very little mainstream coverage over the S4's that have been catching fire.. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/s...ging-overnight Heard of 5 in the UK alone.. (via retailers) no news at all about it anywhere!!! |
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AC mains would have caused the phone to been thrown away by her hand likely only slightly shocking her. Not sure what this is about but it doesn't sound that straight forward...
Been shocked a few times by AC mains.. still here. Brain being close wouldn't be the issue it is always the heart, especially if it goes through one arm and grounds out via the other crossing the heart and stopping it, interfering with it or plain frying parts of it. DC however she'd be dead no questions asked. This article is very Apple negative to the point of smelling of Bulls**t. However very little mainstream coverage over the S4's that have been catching fire.. http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/s...ging-overnight Heard of 5 in the UK alone.. (via retailers) no news at all about it anywhere!!! Regarding the BIB. So no proof at all then? |
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Are you that sad that you feel you need to respond to this thread with evidence of which phone is more likely to kill you
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C'mon, it's pretty obvious the original story is link bait. Connecting an Apple device with killing people is bound to grab the headlines, more so than with a Samsung device.
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Is it nowadays? Apple has lost appeal now and most people don't really care!
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Other than the media most people never did really care e.g. the ridiculous Antennagate storm in a tea cup that passed the man in the street by.
Oh and that was years ago when apple did have appeal. |
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Only it wasn't ridiculous. It was a problem.
Oh and that was years ago when apple did have appeal. |
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Was never a problem to me and any of my friends and family who all had iPhone 4's
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Was when my Mrs had her 4 and was to many other people. Didn't affect me as i had a 4S however.
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To pretend that this wasn't a major problem for many users is a little silly to be honest
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Never noticed any difference between my 4 and 4S.
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Never noticed any difference between my 4 and 4S.
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you would if you play games, trust me, 4S is much quicker at loading anything and everything and games play smoother
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He means the signal issue that plagued the iphone 4 when 'held wrongly'!
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If you held it right and not like an idiot holds it then there would be no problem... I'm with Apple stupid consumers
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You mean as long as you were right handed!
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You mean as long as you were right handed!
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