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A Thai man who had his right leg and five toes on this left foot amputated after his mobile phone exploded is suing Nokia for Bt1m (£13,650) in damages.
Prasit Sriseeluang, 50 - who had his handset tucked in his shirt pocket at the time of the accident - was working near a high-voltage power pole when his phone rang. The handset then exploded, causing serious injuries to the welder.
Public prosecutors are suing Nokia Thailand for damages, claiming that the phone had defective parts, reports Thai newspaper The Nation.
Nokia Thailand has denied that the handset was faulty.
The Finnish mobile phone giant has been plagued by a string of reports of exploding handsets but is adamant that each of the cases was down to counterfeit batteries.
In December Nokia began applying a holographic sticker to its mobile phone batteries to prevent fake power packs being inadvertently purchased as the real thing.
A senior exec said the authentication programme "directly attack[ed] the counterfeiters who manufacture potentially unsafe batteries".
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Posted: 2005-03-14 20:48:59
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OMG thank god i dont have Nokia!
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Posted: 2005-03-14 20:50:56
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Feeling Sorry for the man... Serves NOKIA right!!
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Posted: 2005-03-14 20:53:16
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Again deadly BLOKIA!
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Posted: 2005-03-14 20:54:34
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I never heard of other brands of mobile phone exploding but NOKIA.CNN,SKY,BBC and other news channels must broadcast this and than you will see Nokia sales drop
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:05:45
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Uff, this must be the worst explokia ever. 5 fingers on his foot amputed!
i feel sorry for him.
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[ This Message was edited by: govigov on 2005-03-14 20:32 ]
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:19:48
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We must now call Nokia phones WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.Every year we hear of Nokia phones EXPLODINGS
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:24:48
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@govigov lol do you know what you just posted? lol ur mad
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:28:30
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Oops! *embarras'd*
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:34:39
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I had a customer who came to me about 2 months ago.He had a Nokia 5100 and his phone was not coming on.I remove the shells and the battery was slightly burnt and this guy used an original battery and original charger.Nokia must admit they have poor workmanship
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Posted: 2005-03-14 21:39:40
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