Siemens phones may cause hearing damage

A defect in Siemens 65 series mobile phones could lead to failures in audio transmission, the company warned. Because of the software defect, when a phone call is cut off due to a low battery, the disconnection melody could start playing loudly enough to cause hearing damage if held up to the ear, reports RCRNews and Engadget.

"To avoid the problem, Siemens suggests consumers deactivate the disconnection melody or the disconnection animation function on the phones. Additionally, Siemens said phone calls should be terminated upon the first “low battery” warning signal.

Siemens said the malfunction was discovered during a laboratory test, and it has developed new software to prevent the malfunction in future 65 series phones".

emily | 11:21 AM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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