In a tragic incident narrated by a YouTuber, a Redmi 6A smartphone reportedly exploded and a woman was killed in the Delhi-NCR region. According to a tweet by a tech YouTuber, a man’s aunt was using a smartphone and placed it on a pillow near his face while sleeping, and the smartphone exploded and reportedly took his life. Xiaomi has responded to the tweet saying that it is investigating the matter.
The YouTuber known as MD Talk YT claimed that the battery explosion killed the user and also shared images of the condition of the smartphone. While the front panel looks completely folded up and trashed, the back panel shows that the smartphone’s battery has exploded. The tweet also included a gruesome picture of the woman, in which she is seen lying on a bed covered in blood. “Hi @RedmiIndia, @manukumarjain, @s_anuj my aunty was found dead last night, she was using Redmi 6A, she was sleeping and she kept the phone near her face on the pillow side and after sometime her phone Blast happened. It’s a bad time for us. It is the responsibility of a brand to support that,” said the tweet by a YouTuber named Manjeet.
We contacted both the YouTuber and Xiaomi at News18.com. We will update the story with responses from both sides. In response to the tweet on Twitter, Xiaomi said that its team is trying to contact the affected family and find out the cause of the incident. In another tweet, the YouTuber says that the victim’s family comes from simple means and the victim’s son is in the army. His family is very simple, his son is in Indian Army. They don’t know that much. She only uses her phone to make calls and watch YouTube.
Now if the brand didn’t accept its mistakes, don’t take the responsibility directly, what’s the use if a family has to fight for justice.
Now, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a smartphone burst. Earlier this year a OnePlus Nord 2 exploded while a user was on a call, injuring him in the face and hands. Earlier, another OnePlus Nord 2 explosion had invited a legal battle between OnePlus and the user, who used to be a lawyer and was injured after the smartphone allegedly exploded in his jacket pocket.
Although there have been incidents of users getting hurt due to explosions in smartphones, this is the first time we are facing such an incident. India Where a smartphone explosion has apparently killed the user. In this case, we can’t confirm what caused the explosion in the smartphone, or if that was what caused the injuries seen in the images shared by the YouTuber. However, this is not the first time redmi The smartphone has exploded. Back in 2019, a Redmi 9A exploded in a user’s pocket in Andhra Pradesh, resulting in minor injuries.
This is a developing story and we will update it with more information.
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