Nokia: Combusting People

Nokia is in damage-control mode after its 3310 model self-destructed in the hand of Chan Tin-hon while he was using it.

I was just calling my boss to say I would be returning to work a few minutes late, and when I pressed the button to hang up, the phone was suddenly flying everywhere.

Click to view comic Chan suffered minor injuries, including burns.

A mobile handset has never before blown up in Hong Kong, but a Nokia spokesperson said there have been overseas reports of fires and explosions with the 3310 resulting from "substandard non-Nokia batteries".

Exploding mobile phones take the concept of market penetration too far.

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