Christiern Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Yesterday, I put my Motorola cellphone in my jacket pocket and stepped out for a half hour. I left the phone in mu pocket overnight, as I often do, but look what happened to it! This morning, this is what I pulled out of my pocket. Mind you, there was nothing else in that pocket, the top side and battery compartment are totally unaffected, and the phone functions normally. Can anyone explain? Gives new meaning to Hot Pocket, eh? Edited March 22, 2009 by Christiern Quote
GregK Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 never mind that; why don't you have an iPhone?? Quote
jazzbo Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) Where did you hang your jacket when it wasn't on your person? A few weekends ago I met a woman from D.C. who was hot enough to melt that phone if it were in my jacket and I draped it across her shoulders! Edited March 22, 2009 by jazzbo Quote
GA Russell Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 Chris, you avatar looks like he knows the answer! That's a great avatar, by the way. Quote
Claude Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 It looks like the battery overheated, but only that thin plastic layer of the enclosure is more sensitive to the heat. Quote
Noj Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 Your service provider should replace the phone right away, and throw in a discount or two on your regular bill. People have actually been seriously burned by cell phone batteries which ignited their clothing. Quote
papsrus Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 I think this is clear evidence we should not be using these things. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Memo to self Don't carry cell in short's front pocket Edited March 23, 2009 by Soulstation1 Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) I already quit doing that; "it may be small, but it vibrates" wasn't working as a pick up line anyway... Edited March 23, 2009 by Jazzmoose Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 thats really strange Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 It looks like the battery overheated, but only that thin plastic layer of the enclosure is more sensitive to the heat. That makes sense, Claude. The sides are unaffected, but if you look at the vent-like part (bottom of photo), it looks like heat might have been coming out of those holes. Those holes look like they are for the speaker in hands-free mode. That is bizarre. Never seen anything like it. Generally, when the battery fries, the phone stops working. If it's working normally, it's likely that the battery did not fry. Maybe what happened is that it was transmitting at full power for too long. However, if that happened, I would think that the battery would die way before the phone "melted". I used to have a Motorola phone back in the AMPS (analog) Verizon days and it would get very hot if I used it in that mode for a long time. But the battery would die in about 15 minutes in full AMPS mode. Quote
mikeweil Posted March 23, 2009 Report Posted March 23, 2009 Seems like the housing is made of plastic and not lacquered but coated with a thin layer of plastic that came off under certain condiditons - it's put on like a shrink wrap. Looks like it wasn't done properly and came off. If it still works, it must not have overheated, but I would have it checked in any case. Quote
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