Iphones now electrocutes people
A Beijing man has been in a coma for the past 10 days, after being electrocuted while using the charger for his iPhone 4.
China Times reported Friday that Wu Jiantong was shocked on July 8 and helped by his sister who heard him shouting and found him shaking on the floor with purple lips, China Times reports. Jiantong was using a charger that was not manufactured by Apple and may have been the cause of the electrocution. The news out of Beijing follows reports earlier this month of a 23 year old Chinese woman, Ma Ailun, killed by an electric shock when she answered a phone call on her iPhone 5 while it was charging. Apple said that it was investigating Ailun's death.
China Times reported Friday that Wu Jiantong was shocked on July 8 and helped by his sister who heard him shouting and found him shaking on the floor with purple lips, China Times reports. Jiantong was using a charger that was not manufactured by Apple and may have been the cause of the electrocution. The news out of Beijing follows reports earlier this month of a 23 year old Chinese woman, Ma Ailun, killed by an electric shock when she answered a phone call on her iPhone 5 while it was charging. Apple said that it was investigating Ailun's death.
Both Ailun and Jiantong were reportedly using phone chargers made by third-party companies, not Apple. FastCompany alleges that these knockoff chargers may be connected with the recent electrocutions. Xiang Ligang, an expert interviewed by CCTV, claims Ma may have been using a knockoff charger. He adds, "Knockoff chargers sometimes cut corners. The quality of the capacitor and circuit protector may not be good, and this may lead to the capacitor breaking down and sending 220 volts of electricity directly into the cell phone battery."
It's easy to be enticed by knockoff iPhone chargers. Apple's chargers typically sell for upwards of $39, while you can get knockoff chargers for less than $3.50 elsewhere.
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