Man's Cell Phone Explodes While In Line At Bank

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - When Chan Tin-hon's mobile phone went off, it went off with a bang.

"I was lining up in a bank," the 22-year-old from Hong Kong told local Cable TV. "When I hung up the phone, it exploded. It was very loud."

The station showed Chan's phone, a Nokia (news - web sites) 3310, in tatters and a spokeswoman for the manufacturer said they would investigate.

"We've been in contact with the police. It's confirmed that it was a Nokia phone," the spokeswoman said.

"We're trying to get hold of the product for technical testing. But as we haven't got hold of the product yet, we can't provide further information at the moment," she added.

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It's way fucked up, but Cingular won't give me a new one.

Seems to be around 2 years (if you're lucky) in our house.

Cellular companies have to get you to sign another 2 year contract somehow!

makes me look like hillbilly. I really need a newer phone!

Ok, it's not, but it's HUGE and I have to squeeze its sides together and angle it just right to get it to take a charge anymore. Plus I sometimes you have to hit the talk button just right to get it to connect. But I can't bring myself to buy a new one cuz I haven't written down all the numbers I have stored. yeesh.

I have a Nokia phone; different model, though. Wow. How scary.

That would cause that, actually... but am too lazy at the moment to go look it up ;) No joke, though...

He just downloaded and set his phone to the "nuclear explosion" ring tone...

:-)