Here's my little tid bit for this topic.
I've been working for a privately owned Verizon Wireless store location for over a year, on and off. So it's really been about two years now since I've been dealing with the owner.
Never have I heard of a cell phone catching fire or exploding.
Yes, the battery does get warm in analog areas. Here's the reason why. When cellular service was first created it was made with an analog network, which is what land line phones run off. The old analog 'brick phones' run off copper batteries. The newer batteries are lithium ion; they are designed for digital phones in a digital network. When you go into a rural area and your phone slips into analog the phone needs to work a bit more to keep itself on that network. It's a secondary network for the phone, it going to make the phone work a bit more to retain the signal. So it drains the battery twice as fast. Which means the battery isn't doing what it was made for and gets warm. Sometimes a little hot but never burning to the touch.
Now my viewpoint on cell phones overheating and catching fire is due to someone's stupidity. Seriously. I've had customers come into the store with burning hot phones because they leave them over the vent in their car instead of in their pocket and then turn on the heat. I can understand how a battery not created by the manufacture is not going to perform as smoothly but the batteries are tested, they are meant to be safe. It's not going to explode unless you do something really stupid with it.
Now I understand that many of you are aware that intelligence is lacking in this world, yet you'd be utterly surprised at how many people completely destroy their cell phones.
Plus there is the fact that if someone does something wrong with the phone they usually aren't going to admit to it. They try to write it off as a manufacture defect so they can get money back and their medical expenses paid for.
Maybe there may be a few rare cases of a cellphone catching fire. Though it wouldn't have to apply to just the battery, it's electronics. It's faulty, and the older it gets the more fragile it becomes.
However, for all of you reading this I doubt you'd have to worry. You're reading Slashdot after all. News for Nerds, the more intelligent flock of the human race. You're not going to be careless with your cellphone. It's your nifty toy, you don't mistreat it. So continue your every day geeky life worry free. Your cellphone isn't going to blow up in the middle of a call. And well, if for some reason it does, you can't come back to me and tell me I was wrong as you most likely would be among the dead or at least incapable of speaking.
(Oh, and just for a bit of company pride, Verizon Wireless was rated #1 in customer sercive and our new two way system Push to Talk is very nifty.)
Hoped this helped clear up a few things for those of you worried. Have any more questions? Just respond to my post and I'll be happy to supply answers. Take care. Treat your cell phones right. Be the happy geeks you all are.
~Morin'stal
So since you're interested in Evangelion I'd assume you're most likely a fan of most anime. Not to mention that Any fan of anime should have seen the Bio Booster Armour Guyver series released by Manga [for those who have not, shame on you, the dvds have recently been released so you have no excuse]. Now Guyver was taken and made into two live action movies. Guyver and then Guyver II: Dark Hero. Now the point I'm trying to get across is your illusion that all anime will turn into Power Rangers. The first Guyver movie was. Please, if you value your sanity, do not see it. The second movie was much better. Used live action footage for the action scenes and managed not to look like Power Rangers. However, the second movie was made quite a few years ago. Now consider the recent action movies you have seen. Most no longer have live action actors for the really nifty stuff. It's all computer generated. So now, when you have something as spiffy as Evangelion, why do you think the producers will use poor action scenes when they are trying to make money from the movie? There was also a gap in time between Guyver and Guyver II: Dark Hero. The gap in time allowed for much improvement. The logical assumption is that with the advancement of time the means of creating realistic action scenes has been developed. Which is true. Go see The Matrix Reloaded [and don't you Dare tell me that was a horrible film because I truly enjoyed it, so there =oP]. So it's also logical to assume that this new method of creating action scenes would be used as well. Which means that 'Power Ranger' films are very rare nowadays. I'm actually quite anxious to see this movie.
Well, I have the womanly curves to prove you wrong in saying that chicks don't dig it. I rather like the idea. It's pretty nifty. I'd rather have my own thirst quenching machine than have to walk the three blocks in the snow to the nearest store. Curses upon the bitter Chicago weather.
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Here's my little tid bit for this topic. I've been working for a privately owned Verizon Wireless store location for over a year, on and off. So it's really been about two years now since I've been dealing with the owner. Never have I heard of a cell phone catching fire or exploding. Yes, the battery does get warm in analog areas. Here's the reason why. When cellular service was first created it was made with an analog network, which is what land line phones run off. The old analog 'brick phones' run off copper batteries. The newer batteries are lithium ion; they are designed for digital phones in a digital network. When you go into a rural area and your phone slips into analog the phone needs to work a bit more to keep itself on that network. It's a secondary network for the phone, it going to make the phone work a bit more to retain the signal. So it drains the battery twice as fast. Which means the battery isn't doing what it was made for and gets warm. Sometimes a little hot but never burning to the touch. Now my viewpoint on cell phones overheating and catching fire is due to someone's stupidity. Seriously. I've had customers come into the store with burning hot phones because they leave them over the vent in their car instead of in their pocket and then turn on the heat. I can understand how a battery not created by the manufacture is not going to perform as smoothly but the batteries are tested, they are meant to be safe. It's not going to explode unless you do something really stupid with it. Now I understand that many of you are aware that intelligence is lacking in this world, yet you'd be utterly surprised at how many people completely destroy their cell phones. Plus there is the fact that if someone does something wrong with the phone they usually aren't going to admit to it. They try to write it off as a manufacture defect so they can get money back and their medical expenses paid for. Maybe there may be a few rare cases of a cellphone catching fire. Though it wouldn't have to apply to just the battery, it's electronics. It's faulty, and the older it gets the more fragile it becomes. However, for all of you reading this I doubt you'd have to worry. You're reading Slashdot after all. News for Nerds, the more intelligent flock of the human race. You're not going to be careless with your cellphone. It's your nifty toy, you don't mistreat it. So continue your every day geeky life worry free. Your cellphone isn't going to blow up in the middle of a call. And well, if for some reason it does, you can't come back to me and tell me I was wrong as you most likely would be among the dead or at least incapable of speaking. (Oh, and just for a bit of company pride, Verizon Wireless was rated #1 in customer sercive and our new two way system Push to Talk is very nifty.) Hoped this helped clear up a few things for those of you worried. Have any more questions? Just respond to my post and I'll be happy to supply answers. Take care. Treat your cell phones right. Be the happy geeks you all are. ~Morin'stal
So since you're interested in Evangelion I'd assume you're most likely a fan of most anime. Not to mention that Any fan of anime should have seen the Bio Booster Armour Guyver series released by Manga [for those who have not, shame on you, the dvds have recently been released so you have no excuse]. Now Guyver was taken and made into two live action movies. Guyver and then Guyver II: Dark Hero.
Now the point I'm trying to get across is your illusion that all anime will turn into Power Rangers. The first Guyver movie was. Please, if you value your sanity, do not see it. The second movie was much better. Used live action footage for the action scenes and managed not to look like Power Rangers.
However, the second movie was made quite a few years ago. Now consider the recent action movies you have seen. Most no longer have live action actors for the really nifty stuff. It's all computer generated. So now, when you have something as spiffy as Evangelion, why do you think the producers will use poor action scenes when they are trying to make money from the movie?
There was also a gap in time between Guyver and Guyver II: Dark Hero. The gap in time allowed for much improvement. The logical assumption is that with the advancement of time the means of creating realistic action scenes has been developed. Which is true. Go see The Matrix Reloaded [and don't you Dare tell me that was a horrible film because I truly enjoyed it, so there =oP]. So it's also logical to assume that this new method of creating action scenes would be used as well. Which means that 'Power Ranger' films are very rare nowadays.
I'm actually quite anxious to see this movie.
Well, I have the womanly curves to prove you wrong in saying that chicks don't dig it. I rather like the idea. It's pretty nifty. I'd rather have my own thirst quenching machine than have to walk the three blocks in the snow to the nearest store. Curses upon the bitter Chicago weather.