07-16-2013, 03:40 PM
Chinese woman dies of electric shock - iPhone 5
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07-16-2013, 03:47 PM
Completely believable if she had the charger attached to an extension cord and dipped the cord into the tub. Otherwise ... 5VDC, 500ma ? It *might* kill you if it was attached to electrodes internally ON your heart. Otherwise, nope.
But hey... it says "Apple" so harvest da clicks !
07-16-2013, 03:48 PM
I'd say this is highly questionable. What's the charger capacity on an iPhone, 5v at about 1 amp?
07-16-2013, 03:51 PM
With 365 million iPhones sold since 2007, this one iPhone incident is truly a reason to panic...if it is true.
07-16-2013, 03:55 PM
A Chinese knock-off?
07-16-2013, 03:59 PM
norse wrote: My first thought too, I wonder if the charger and Lightning cable are the original Apple products.
07-16-2013, 04:05 PM
GGD wrote: My first thought too, I wonder if the charger and Lightning cable are the original Apple products. Perhaps she was using a lightning rod instead of a lightning cable.
07-16-2013, 04:24 PM
Home/apartment not built to code and knockoff charger. Charger plugged into non-GFIC, 120 V on iPhone case ground. She touches computer plugged into similar circuit, but on opposite phase on other side of room. 240 V across the hands can easily kill. Her family should look at the building contactor and city inspectors instead of Apple.
07-16-2013, 05:16 PM
Apple smear job
07-16-2013, 06:59 PM
davester wrote: An easy mistake to make! ![]() |
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