A young woman died
after dropping her charging iPhone while she was taking a bath.
According to her flatmate,
Evgenia Sviridenko, 24, had been looking at her social media page on VKontakte
- the Russian version of Facebook - when the accident happened.
Speaking from the
apartment the women shared in Moscow, Yaroslav Dubinina, 23, said: "I
noticed that she had been gone a while, and when I couldn't raise her I opened
the door and saw her floating on the water looking pale.
"I saw her phone
which was on charge at the bottom of the bath. Her body was still shaking from
the shock."
Police are
investigating why the charger did not cut out and would not reveal whether it
was a licensed Apple product.
Evgenia's death comes
days after a 16-year-old girl died in Russia's Bashkortostan Republic after
taking her charging phone into the bathroom as she was taking a shower.
In August, Chinese
media reported that a teenager was electrocuted by her iPhone after
it was plugged into an unofficial charger.
Wu Weyuan, an
18-year-old student from Korla was discovered by her sister, who noticed a
burning smell when she came home from work.
Apple and Black berry has previously released statements on its
website warning of the dangers of using unofficial chargers.
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