Did anyone else see this on Watchdog on BBC 1 tonight?

Dec 12, 2007 23:18

"12 December 2007

In summer 2006, Ben Purser went with his girlfriend, Caroline, to buy her a Nokia 6230i. In July 2007, the couple woke to the smell of burning in their bedroom.

The room was full of smoke. Caroline got out of bed and was hit by burning liquid. After turning on the light, Ben realised the battery from the mobile phone had exploded ( Read more... )

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scaree December 12 2007, 23:49:27 UTC
I had a 6230i before this phone. It's never exploded or caused a problem and I'd had it since Nov 2005. Mark's had it since with the same battery and no problem.

The phone has terrible niggly faults, but the battery is fine.

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