AN Indian man was killed when the Nokia cell phone he was using exploded in his face.
Gopal Gujjar, 23, was found dead yesterday with burns to his left ear, neck and shoulders, near a farm in Bandha village close to the city of Kota in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, The Times of India reported.
Mr Gujjar had apparently gone to the forest to graze cattle about noon and was believed to be talking on the phone when it exploded.
Police found pieces of the Nokia 1209 handset, a basic model released in August 2008, scattered nearby.
In January this year, a 27-year-old housewife in Andhra Pradesh, on the southeastern coast of India, was killed while talking to her husband on a charging phone.
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