A man has died after dropping his iPhone in the bath while it was charging.
Richard Bull, 32, was in the bath, resting his phone, which was charging via an extension cord in the hallway, on his chest in December last year.
When the water touched his phone, he was electrocuted and died. He suffered acute burns on his chest, arm and hand. His wife, Tanya, found him in the bath, and thought he had been attacked he was so badly injured. She phoned for an ambulance, but unfortunately he was already dead by the time the paramedics arrived.
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Richard was getting ready to meet his family and exchange Christmas gifts when he was electrocuted.
While people know to keep hairdryers away from the bath, people might not think that something as small as a mobile phone could potentially electrocute you if it comes in contact with water.
His brother, Andrew, said: "We can all be careless at times. You don't think there is enough electricity to do this, but there is."
"It was such a needless and tragic accident."
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His mum, Carole, commented: " I worry so many people, and especially teenagers who can't be separated from their phones, don't know how dangerous it is."
Assistant coroner Dr Sean Cummings is writing a report to send to Apple about how dangerous iPhones can be if they come into contact with water if they're connected to a charger.
It's pretty unlikely that you would get electrocuted from a laptop or mobile phone if it was not being charged because the voltage is low - but you should still not take it into the bath with you.
But if the phone, laptop or tablet is connected to a charger plugged into the mains electricity supply, there is a huge increase in the risk of being electrocuted.
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Source: Daily Mail, The Sun and The Metro
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