Hard pictures: "My aunt died in her sleep from an explosion of a Xiaomi smartphone"
"She slept and kept the phone next to her face on the side of the pillow."
Everyone's nightmare: An Indian tech YouTuber claims his aunt was found dead in her sleep because of a Xiaomi smartphone that exploded by surprise.
The company launched an investigation
Yanon ben Shoshan
12/09/2022
Monday, September 12, 2022, 08:57 Updated: 10:32
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The smartphone that exploded (photo: MD Talk YT)
A good enough reason why not to sleep with your smartphone next to you during the night:
the successful Indian YouTuber MD Talk YT, who has an account with more than 300,000 subscribers, claims in a new tweet that he published on Twitter that his aunt was killed in her sleep as a result of an explosion of a Xiaomi Redmi 6A smartphone - and attached photos of the burnt phone.
"Last night my aunt was found dead. She was using a Redmi 6A," the YouTuber wrote in a tweet, along with tagging Xiaomi executives.
"She was sleeping and kept the phone next to her face on the side of the pillow and after a while the phone exploded. These are difficult times for us. It is the brand's responsibility to support us."
After the publication, the Chinese technology giant announced that they had opened an investigation into the case and that they were cooperating with the family
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At the same time, in another tweet published by the YouTuber, he told about his aunt's son who serves in the army and added that "she would only use her phone to call and watch YouTube. The family lives a very simple life."
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"She used a Redmi 6A."
The photo posted by the YouTuber (photo: MD Talk YT)
In the photos he attached, you can see the charred phone, which suffered a lot of damage, with the back part warped and melted by the intensity of the heat as a result of the alleged explosion.
In another image, particularly graphic and difficult to view, the woman appears lying in a pool of blood on her bed.
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A difficult picture: the woman is lying in her bed in a pool of blood (photo: MD Talk YT)
Although the circumstances in the current case are unknown, unfortunately this is a known phenomenon.
Battery problems are mainly due to incorrect charging, use of a charger, battery or cable that are not original or exposing the smartphone to sunlight with high frequency.
A similar case occurred in 2019, when a Xiaomi Redmi 9A smartphone exploded in the pocket of a user - who suffered a relatively minor injury.
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