Thai Man Died After Electrocuted By Charging iPhone

As long as I love the iPhone, I keep hearing some wired things and I’ve seen a lot of people died while they are charging their devices. Today we’ve got a new story to cover, but this time it is in Asia/Thailand. A 28 year-old man was reportedly killed while using an iPhone 4s, which was believed to be charging using an unauthorized third-party charger.

According to a new report from Thai language news outlet Daily News Thailand, on Monday, police in the Rayong province found an unnamed man lying on the floor of his home holding a burnt iPhone 4S in his left hand (As shown in the picture above). 

MacRumors has a rough translation of the report:

“Local police found that the smartphone was still connected to a charger in a nearby power outlet, indicating that the victim had likely been talking on the phone while charging it at the same time.

Photographs taken of the charger show a blue model different from the standard white ones that Apple includes with every iPhone, suggesting that it was a cheaply made fake

Guess what ? This is not the first time we hear something like this. This is the third time in the last 6 months that an iPhone has been a factor in a fatal or near-fatal electrocution. A Chinese flight attendant died back in July after she was reportedly electrocuted by her charging iPhone 4.