February 1, 2004
Can Bad Batteries Overheat Cell Phones?
Experts say you should not keep a cell phone in your pocket or any area where it can contact coins or keys. If those objects touch the battery terminals of the cell phone, that can create a short and drain the battery, or worse, according to Wireless Newsfactor.
Finally some light will be shed on faulty cell phone batteries and burn stories as the US federal government launches an investigation into cell-phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.
"Good Morning America reported Jan. 23 that the phone manufacturer Kyocera was voluntarily recalling batteries for one of its phones, the first-ever recall of cell-phone batteries. About 140,000 batteries custom made for the Kyocera 7135 Smartphone were recalled.
"Though unrelated, the Kyocera recall came amid an investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission into cell-phone batteries in phones made by various manufacturers".
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