A man in China has been in coma for 10 days at the Intensive Care Unit of a Beijing hospital after being shocked while plugging in his iPhone 4 to charge., reports Beijing Wan Bao via ZDNet.
Wu Jiantong, 30, yelled "I'm getting shocked" after connecting his iPhone 4 to a charger. His sister rushed to his rescue and pulled the charger out of the socket.
"I then felt needle-like pains on my fingertips. The current was running from my finger, through to my arm and body, and to the foot," said Wu's sister. By the time she was able to disconnect the charger he was unresponsive, twisting and foaming at the mouth.
The ambulance arrived and administered CPR. When they arrived at the hospital Wu wasn't breathing but doctors managed to revive him. Three days later, Wu's condition stabilized but he remains in a coma at ICU due to the long period of time his brain was without oxygen.
The charger was determined to be a counterfeit or third party product. Both the iPhone and charger appear to still be in good working condition.
The story comes following another tragic incident in China where a stewardess was fatally electrocuted while answer a call on her charging iPhone. It's unclear if she was using a genuine Apple charger.
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etyahoo - July 23, 2013 at 8:41pm
only in china!!
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Marco - July 22, 2013 at 6:58am
we now know who's going to lose lots of sales! ACCSTATION on ebay lol!
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HillBillyJimbo - July 21, 2013 at 12:38pm
Lesson here....don't buy fake Chinese crap!
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gamerscul9870 - July 21, 2013 at 6:44am
This is why I just leave any cord on my device in and just plug in/out from the outlet when I'm at home.
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littlea - July 21, 2013 at 3:33am
You People are really emotionless. People are getting Shocked by there own Devices and the most you can say is, to make fun of them. Im ashamed from you all and never read this website again. Im Wishing this man to recover and of course be healthy ;)
@the sickening people who think this is fake. Everyone who knows something little about electronics. Can easily tell you that its not about the Voltage, its about the Amps. 5V USB chargers have about 100mA. generally you just need 50mA to kill someone.
Source: Wikipedia/Electric_shock
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gamerscul9870 - July 20, 2013 at 3:32pm
This is why people have 4s
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Mike Power - July 20, 2013 at 11:32pm
I mean S4 (SAMSUNG GALAXY S4) MY MISTAKE
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Stark - July 20, 2013 at 2:18pm
Thank god the phone was still in working condition afterwards.
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Dan - July 20, 2013 at 8:23am
That's all they know....counterfeit!!
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Thoune - July 20, 2013 at 3:05am
In China, they can produce any product for the world. Only one product they cannot produce is "the original one" (only a copy and fake product they can). LOL
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Ron Dean - July 20, 2013 at 3:04am
KIRF chargers.....
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m_thoroughbred - July 20, 2013 at 2:30am
Funny how both incidents happened in China. Coincident or not?
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Shahin - July 20, 2013 at 2:04am
Should plug the charger first then connect to iPhone or any other phone to charge.
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Cool - July 19, 2013 at 9:44pm
This has gotta be caused by 3rd party chargers made in China :)
Buy directly from the US!
Oh wait, it's made in China, too
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ePunisher - July 19, 2013 at 7:27pm
Ur right, i once got shocked and I couldn't speak, just yell Aaaaaaaarrraaaaaahhh!! I was paralyzed.
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Allan lu - July 19, 2013 at 7:05pm
No saying nothing about anyone, but what a coincidence always happens stuff like that overthere.
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Jayson - July 19, 2013 at 6:20pm
I charge my iPhone thru my computer never had any problem plus I'm using a iPhone charger I bought at Walgreens
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XxChivOxX - July 19, 2013 at 4:52pm
Pretty "Shocking" lol i been electricuted before and i been able to pull away. Pretty amazing this only happening in china ;) shocking lol jajaja . But u never know after seen the case of MC donalds paying millions to lady for droping her coffee .. Yeah i seen it all
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wazza - July 20, 2013 at 1:56am
the big difference between china and the usa is they are 220v and the us is 110v
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Bassam - July 21, 2013 at 6:33am
Is the man chinese or a south korean ( sure it's samsung story )
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Iphone_hack - July 19, 2013 at 4:52pm
If you think logic, it is very hard to shock someone with 5v
First the lady taking on the iPhone while charging, the power coming through the line is only 5v.
Now lets say something like the transformer malfunction, now it is 110v ac coming through the line. Those tiny line should melt very quickly if there are shock or something should melt isnt it?
Now this case, iPhone charger is a small cube with USB cable right?, if the guy is holding the wire only he should be able to pull out the cable by falling or going backwards. And if he is holding the charger, it is all plastic right?. Unless his finger was touching the prongs going into the outlets.
By logic, it doesn't really make sense.
So fishy
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t11chb - July 19, 2013 at 3:53pm
Nothing to do with iPhone but I get a pretty sore shock from my USB printer, didn't think it was possible, guess that should go in the bin.
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areilly111 - July 19, 2013 at 3:36pm
After market chargers. There's no way a 5v adapter can put you into a coma
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