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Reports that an Australian regional airline had to extinguish a glowing red iPhone 4 that was emitting "dense smoke" on an airplane have sparked concerns over the handset's battery safety.
I had 5 DuraCells that while they did not explode, corroded so badly in my very expensive 5-Cell Mag Light Police Flashlight that it was worthless. I yelled at Durcell and was sent a brand new 5-Cell Mag light! I have never used their batteries in that light again though.
With all the battery devices I have owned over the years, that is the only incident I have had.
I wish you had posted this last week Dennis. I threw away a MagLight for the same reason. The DuraCell batteries corroded so badly that I could not remove them from the light. It wasn't an expensive police model but costly enough. Maybe I need to yell at DuraCell and see if they send me a new light.
BTW, the batteries were not old - well within their life term.
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