Advanced Cell Phones Vulnerable to Glitches

As handsets are packed with such advanced features as camera, TV, MP3 and credit card, reports on handset glitches are amounting. Phone users contend that the product intermittently powers down while its bell is ringing, reports prolific writer Seong-ju Lee for Telecoms Korea.

"According to Korea Consumer Protection Board, about 3500 complaints about handset glitches have bombarded the organization.

YMCA argued, “Handset glitches are mainly due to lack of sufficient tests on the part of manufacturers as they are bent on selling more phones than their competitors. They are ignoring the glitches of cell phones as they replace an old model with a new one in a very short period of time.” “If those problems remain unresolved, it would have negative impact on Korean handsets in the global market.”, they said."

emily | 4:36 PM | Reports |
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