Touch Pro Combusted!!

[shaggylive]

anybody else not surprised its a Verizon phone

I want more pictures though.... that one looks a little fishy

also i'm pretty sure the battery in pants was due to a short, water, or extreme stress from being sat on (bent).

[remydakid]

Originally Posted by shaggylive

anybody else not surprised its a Verizon phone

lmao.

[tallnerd1985]

It has nothing to do with it being a Verizon phone, its all HTC that has their hands in this one.

[TrainSafe]

+1 for the request of more photos.

Glad to hear that your & your home theater are OK. I'm going to start selling Touch Pro Fire Retardant Charging Pans on eBay. I'm going to capitalize on this.

[Compusmurf]

First question. Was the battery the OEM one that came with it or aftermarket?

Was the charger used the one that came with it or aftermarket? (Curiosity only here)

Sooo many folks out there have no idea of the dangers of LIon batteries. Remember the HP battery recall? The Toshiba recall? Sony recall? Dell?

I fly RC aircraft and have a ceramic fireproof charging container for the LIon batteries to charge in.

Heat, external short, internal short, seperator failure. They can all cause the burning battery issue. Surprisingly it doesn't occur all that often. Most consumer devices have the LIon batteries encased in hard plastic to prevent punctures, shorts, etc. Unlike RC aircraft batteries which are soft sided and subject to impact, crashes, shorts, etc. (Not that I crash my heli's often)

But when it DOES happen, it's spectacular in it's destructive capabilities.

[Siflan]

That does suck. Glad you got your replacement.

[madcook]

holy shhh man that sucks

[Carla]

Pictures??

[etc]

another idea is to charge in the fireplace, if you work a lot with Li-Ion cells.

[BRIVERS73]

Two incidents (that we know of) where the battery explodes.....Are u getting this HTC!?