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Another electrocution linked to iPhone
By Yang Jian |
July 18, 2013, Thursday
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A man was electrocuted and is now in deep coma after using a non-original charger to recharge his iPhone 4 in Beijing, becoming the second person in a week to suffer an electric shock while recharging Apple's popular mobile device in China.
Wu Jiantong, a 30-year-old man, fell to the ground after linking his iPhone4, that he has been using for two years, with a non-original charger last Monday, media reports said yesterday, quoting his sister.
He soon began trembling and foaming at the mouth while his lips turned purple, Wu Jianxiang said.
He survived after being rushed to a nearby hospital but remains unconscious under incentive care.
Doctors said his heartbeat suddenly stopped after being electrocuted, and though doctors managed to restore his heartbeat, his brain was damaged because of lack of oxygen.
Ma Ailun, 23, a former flight attendant for China Southern Airlines, was electrocuted at her home in the Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last Thursday, police has said.
China's Central Television Station later confirmed she had used a non-original charger for charging her iPhone.
"A non-original charger may have had a low-quality electric capacity and a safety circuit that allowed the 220-volt electric circuit to run through the phone and electrocute the woman," said Xiang Ligang, a telecommunication expert in Beijing.
Wu Jiantong, a 30-year-old man, fell to the ground after linking his iPhone4, that he has been using for two years, with a non-original charger last Monday, media reports said yesterday, quoting his sister.
He soon began trembling and foaming at the mouth while his lips turned purple, Wu Jianxiang said.
He survived after being rushed to a nearby hospital but remains unconscious under incentive care.
Doctors said his heartbeat suddenly stopped after being electrocuted, and though doctors managed to restore his heartbeat, his brain was damaged because of lack of oxygen.
Ma Ailun, 23, a former flight attendant for China Southern Airlines, was electrocuted at her home in the Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last Thursday, police has said.
China's Central Television Station later confirmed she had used a non-original charger for charging her iPhone.
"A non-original charger may have had a low-quality electric capacity and a safety circuit that allowed the 220-volt electric circuit to run through the phone and electrocute the woman," said Xiang Ligang, a telecommunication expert in Beijing.
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