Tests reveal phone users at risk from explosion
By Li Qian |
March 15, 2013, Friday
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AUTHORITIES in east China's Zhejiang Province have ordered the recall of some popular brands of mobile phone which they say are at risk of exploding.
There have been no reports of incidents so far but the province's industry and commercial watchdog said 27 out of 36 models failed quality tests recently, most of them because of substandard batteries.
All the phones were from China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
Of 17 brands which failed tests, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and BBK had poor audio performance while the others, including models from Samsung, Lenovo and Motorola, had substandard batteries which officials said could explode.
The watchdog has ordered a recall in local markets and issued a sales ban. Customers who have bought phones on the watchdog's list can obtain refunds or report to the authorities.
At least two people have been reported killed by exploding phones in China.
A migrant worker in the southern city of Shenzhen died when his Sony Ericsson exploded in June 2007. And just days earlier, in northwest China's Gansu Province, Xiao Jinpeng, 22, died when the battery in his cell phone, a Motorola, blew up.
Last year, China's mobile phone user base surpassed 1 billion.
There have been no reports of incidents so far but the province's industry and commercial watchdog said 27 out of 36 models failed quality tests recently, most of them because of substandard batteries.
All the phones were from China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
Of 17 brands which failed tests, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and BBK had poor audio performance while the others, including models from Samsung, Lenovo and Motorola, had substandard batteries which officials said could explode.
The watchdog has ordered a recall in local markets and issued a sales ban. Customers who have bought phones on the watchdog's list can obtain refunds or report to the authorities.
At least two people have been reported killed by exploding phones in China.
A migrant worker in the southern city of Shenzhen died when his Sony Ericsson exploded in June 2007. And just days earlier, in northwest China's Gansu Province, Xiao Jinpeng, 22, died when the battery in his cell phone, a Motorola, blew up.
Last year, China's mobile phone user base surpassed 1 billion.
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