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Incorrect Chargers could be the cause of the recent iPhone accidents in China. (Source: Chrome Orange / imago)
According to media reports concluded the 30-year-old Wu Jiantong his iPhone 4 to a charger from another manufacturer, and thereby got an electric shock. The young man cried out, fell over and lay twitching on the ground, told the man’s sister.
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sister also got an electric shock
When the nurse pulled the charger from the wall outlet, they would also get an electric shock, they further reported. “They were needle-like pain in my fingertips. The stream ran through my arms into the body to the feet,” she said Chinese media. The emergency services had to revive the 30-year-olds. Since then, the man is in a hospital in Beijing in a coma. The incident is already at 8 Have occurred in July. Wu Jiantongs condition is according to the newspaper Wan Boa currently stable.
Wrong charger and adapter plugs
While the doctor confirmed as cause an electric shock, said Wu Jiantongs sister that the charger is not original part came from Apple but by a third party. Even in the case of Chinese stewardess Ma Ailun that should come from an electric shock when making calls with their iPhone died, there had been no order original charger, reported the Chinese state broadcaster CCTV .
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The station showed in his report the charger from a third party, which looks similar to the original from Apple. The charger was also connected via an adapter to the power outlet. This combination could be responsible for the risk of electric shock if one of the devices was broken.
cheap devices and dangerous fakes
chargers and adapters from other manufacturers are getting in China for very little money. The International independent Sicherheitsprüfunternehmen UL recently warned against the use of counterfeit Apple Chargers, after the company had tested such an imitation from China. The American technology expert Ken Shirriff already tested many USB chargers for smartphones and cheap products made with dangerous security deficiencies.
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Germany only devices get an approval for the sale, meet the common test standards. When buying a battery charger should be paid mainly to the CE mark. Illegal imports monitors the customs, shipments of counterfeit goods or untested he intercepts.
Howeverbe in online trading often cheap chargers and other accessories available that are shipped directly from Asia and sometimes Pass customs find their way to the buyer by mail.
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