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In response to "I'd love to know if it was a specific model of pager and if it was a physical attack variant of the info gathering sting the FBI did" by JD

I remember when an old cell phone just sitting on a table EXPLODED like a firecracker near me...the battery puffed like a tube of toothpaste

Posted by zeitgeist Sep 17 '24, 16:36

The layers of circuit boards and shell were all separated...

If it was in my pocket at the time could have done some damage to me.

I'm thinking they figured out how to get the battery to over charge and over heat????

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I think it would have been too unreliable to rely on Li-Ion to explode on its own. - Beryllium Sep 17, 17:20

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I remember when an old cell phone just sitting on a table EXPLODED like a firecracker near me...the battery puffed like a tube of toothpaste

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