This can't be right...

[-Paul-]

I got this by email, and I dont believe this is true, that much electricity does not flow thru the charger wire, but it could have shorted, but then again, it would only be 125volts which i have been shocked before and that is not much, it thru me back, but did not knock me out. So what do you think?



>>This was checked out on http://www.snopes.com/ and it is true.
>>
>> DO NOT ANSWER CELL PHONE WHEN IT IS PLUGGED IN!!!
>>
>>This was also on Pittsburgh's WTAE channel 4 new's.
>>
>>Never, ever answer a cell phone while it is being CHARGED!!
>>A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell phone at home.
>>Just at that
>>time a call came and he answered it with the instrument still
>>connected to the outlet.
>>After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone
>>unrestrained and the
>>young man was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud. His parents
>>rushed
>>to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak heartbeat and
>>burnt fingers.
>>He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on
>>arrival.
>>Cell phones are a very useful modern invention. However, we must be
>>aware
>>that it can also be an instrument of death. Never use the cell
>>phone while it is
>>hooked to the electrical outlet!

 

[dyserq]

I heavily doubt that too, it's a mobile phone, it doesn't have a decent PSU like a computer does and doesn't need that much electricity to charge itself. I'm guessing that it's probably some spam flying around the internet ?

 

[Charchris]

Hmm Urban Legends... keyword "Legends"

 

[99nasha]

Yeah right...Faulty phone, massively unlucky.

 

[G35x]

Yeah sad story, but faulty phone when my phone is dead ijust put in the charge and keepp talking..nothing has ever happned

 

[MikeReiner]

Any cell phone that was put together decently is not going to shock you if you answer it while it's plugged in.

 

[Nik00117]

They fail to mention the lighting outside of teh house. When its a dum decision to evne use a regular phone. I assure you if this story is true there was lighting involed. They just wanna make moblie phones look bad so they don't mention that part.

 

[lhuser]

In curcuity, the Cell phone, answered when hooked will just be powered by the AC outlet, not burn it.

 

[DJ Stephen]

lol, someone has has been pwned.

 

[Zack_Wylde]

Looks like BS to me