Woman 'electrocuted' while using Apple iPhone 5

Hitchens

could it happen? was it a knock off?

scary to think someone has died using an iPhone!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0715/462631-apple-death/

brummytom

RIP





Sent from my iPhone

dodderangler

Maybe the first death but iPhones and other smartphones have exploded while charging or people on a call.
Causing damage to the person

humbert

Propaganda.

An Apple a day keeps the doctor aw..... oh wait.

mikom

There's an amp for that.

Wacker The Attacker

Darwin award nominee

April O Neill

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Darwin award nominee

anncoates

Hopefully she's still under warranty.

Gatling

Hitchens wrote: »

could it happen? was it a knock off?

scary to think someone has died using an iPhone!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0715/462631-apple-death/

Actually its a common accurance when using a a clone charger ,
I remember a good few kids been killed the same way after there parents bought cheap Nintendo ds chargers when on holiday across europe

Katunga

maybe this will change Iphone users attitude thinking they are the best thing ever despite far superior phones are out like the HTC one and Samsung S4.

RIP.

Frank Lee Midere

Katunga wrote: »

maybe this will change Iphone users attitude thinking they are the best thing ever despite far superior phones are out like the HTC one and Samsung S4.

RIP.

Oh For ****'s sake. She was in the bath.

mikom

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Oh For ****'s sake. She was in the bath.

"You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel."

TheChizler

Clearly nothing to do with the iPhone itself, unless the new model has a mains inverter built in to it? I'm not up to date with the specs these days.

Headline should probably be, 'dodgy knockoff charger electrocutes woman'.

copacetic

Katunga wrote: »

maybe this will change Iphone users attitude thinking they are the best thing ever despite far superior phones are out like the HTC one and Samsung S4.

RIP.

That's pretty impressive fanboyism, using someone's death as a motive for posting irrelevant rubbish. Can people get any lower?

On the actual death, it's terrible but it will turn out to be a bad charger or electrics, which china is famous for.

Celly Smunt

Electrocuted by a DC current of 1440mAh with 3.8 volts?,I've had stronger static shocks.

Banjo String

My mate got electrocuted in a home bakery when he was a kid.

He stood on a bun and the currant went right up his leg.

Copper_pipe

Shocking stuff

Dravokivich

a lot of these tend to be due to miss use of the device, so wouldn't be too quick to hang Apple over it just yet.

mf240

maybe she rang liveline.

TheChizler

Celly Smunt wrote: »

Electrocuted by a DC current of 1440mAh with 3.8 volts?,I've had stronger static shocks.

[pedant]If you had 1440 mA running through you you'd soon be crispier than a Peking Duck, 1440 mAh (which is an energy capacity guide) in 1 second would probably make you explode (over 5,000 A), but you're right you're safe around 3.8 V![/pedant]

shruikan2553

Probably a cheap crappy charger, no way could the battery kill a person.

AtomicHorror

Katunga wrote: »

maybe this will change Iphone users attitude thinking they are the best thing ever despite far superior phones are out like the HTC one and Samsung S4.

RIP.

Yes, the take home message from this person's death is "Apple sucks". Her family and friends can hopefully find some solace in the fact that Apple sucks. The headstone will read "Apple sucks".

As a happy consequence, your insecurities regarding your purchasing decisions will be momentarily soothed.

meoklmrk91

It was more than likely a knock off charger or cable. I buy a batch every few months because I go through those cables like gangbusters, I've had some that were seriously dubious in quality, that's why I will never buy the plug only the cable, if the cables are poor quality who knows what the plug would be like.

Nearly sure that someone posted in the apple sub forum here a few months back saying that a cheap charger had blown up and melted the socket and left the wall all black, could be wrong though.

NuckingFacker

My missus's iPhone dies every day because it has a crappy battery and charger. Usually around 6.30pm. My Nokias battery lasts for days, you just can't kill it.

Graham_B18C

NuckingFacker wrote: »

My missus's iPhone dies every day because it has a crappy battery and charger. Usually around 6.30pm. My Nokias battery lasts for days, you just can't kill it.

Sorry but what has this hot to do with the price of turnips?! Your wife needs to charge her phone more often so she's more susceptible to getting shocked by her charger?!

endacl

Any word on the iPhone? Did the charging cycle complete?

Frank Lee Midere

TheChizler wrote: »

[pedant]If you had 1440 mA running through you you'd soon be crispier than a Peking Duck, 1440 mAh (which is an energy capacity guide) in 1 second would probably make you explode (over 5,000 A), but you're right you're safe around 3.8 V![/pedant]

It's the amps that kill, not the volts.

Allegedly.

TheChizler

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

It's the amps that kill, not the volts.

Allegedly.

Yep, generally about 35 to 50 mA is enough. The charger could supply that to the phone but not to the body. Operating correctly that is!

renegademaster

Hitchens wrote: »

could it happen? was it a knock off?

scary to think someone has died using an iPhone!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0715/462631-apple-death/

you should see what happens to some of those making the fancy gagets

Frank Lee Midere

TheChizler wrote: »

Yep, generally about 35 to 50 mA is enough. The charger could supply that to the phone but not to the body. Operating correctly that is!

She was in the bath. That wasn't a joke. Your resistance falls from 100,000 ohms to 1000 when wet. If there was a faulty connection she probably had enough amps.

Call Me Jimmy

It wasn't a Microsoft Iphone 5?

bop1977

It could have been a cheap Chinese knock off of the iPhone with a dodgy Chinese adaptor.

Reamer Fanny

There's an amp for that.

Ruudi_Mentari

Will these issues be ironed out by the 6th, iteration because I've held out for that long. Death by Motorola would be even more tragic..

Evolution1

My iPhone 4S gets crazy hot when playing games or videos . Just waiting for it to explode

TheChizler

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

She was in the bath. That wasn't a joke. Your resistance falls from 100,000 ohms to 1000 when wet. If there was a faulty connection she probably had enough amps.

I did say operating correctly, which would be 5 V output max, 5 mA through the body if that fall in resistance is correct. Entirely different story if the charger was faulty, as it almost certainly was.

It sounds like there was a mains outlet in the bathroom which is not a good idea for obvious reasons. Could have been a perfect charger and water just running down the cable into the socket.