(Mini-weekend entry)
Poor Brazil is experiencing a lot of woes recently with the mobile phone. In addition to the PCC staging riots using them, there's also this mess. According to the article, five devices (all Motorola) in the last two months have exploded--literally exploded. Motorola claims the use of cheap, third party batteries caused them.
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There have been other incidents in other countries (like Hungary, where I'm from) where mobile phones exploded. Usually the manufacturers claim the cheap after-market batteries cause the "fire". I have not seen an actual report, though. However, I know certain manufacturers, like Nokia, will tell you to be aware of after-marke batteries, and they also give you information as to how to identify an original Nokia battery.
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