It’s a dumb phone, says ma after fire
A WOMAN working in East Harlem said her LG XPower phone burst into flames after her son tried to remove its battery and SIM card.
“The thing goes poof! Lights up in his hand,” said Janice Phabian, 57, who works at Unc Car & Limo Service.
“I didn’t know what to do. I’m so stupid, I couldn't even move. My husband snatched the phone out of his hand and threw it on the floor and stamped on it with his boots.”
Her 18-year-old son was not hurt in the Jan. 2 incident. A burn mark was left on the carpet at her job.
Afterward, Phabian, who lives in Allentown, Pa., said she was unable to get a straight answer from Boost Mobile or LG customer service. “I’m telling you the phone blew up in my son’s hands!” she recalled telling the companies’ phone calls. “They’re like, staff during long, unproductive ‘I don't know what Miss.’ ”
She received a refurbished phone in the mail Thursday after the Daily News contacted the phone carrier and manufacturer for comment. The phone sells for about $184.
“We take matters like this very seriously and are glad to hear no one was hurt,” LG spokesman Frank Lee said, adding that the company was in touch with Phabian.
In September, Samsung issued a recall of its smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, after widespread reports of the devices exploding.
In October, the Federal Aviation Administration banned the devices from airplanes.
Phabian just couldn’t get over her experience with a fiery phone.
“All I saw was flames — some mother I am! I froze to death!” she said. to tell you,