Industry groups to address exploding phones

The mobile-phone industry and the The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are expectedly shortly to announce plans to address exploding mobile phones, possibly with an eye to crafting industry standards for batteries, which are suspected as the cause of the problem, reports RCRNews.

The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and IEEE plan to issue a joint press release within the next day or so on the project.

Last month, an exploding phone sent a California teenager to the hospital emergency room. The teen reportedly was using a Verizon Wireless LG phone.

Another incident of an exploding cell phone battery, this time in the US. Shelley Kaehr was visiting South Carolina when her Kyocera cell phone, Model 2325, blew up and burned her hand.

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emily | 10:48 AM | Technology |
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