The case of a 19-year-old woman who suffered a painful burn around her neck is highlighting the potential dangers of using generic cell phone chargers. The unnamed woman was lying in bed with the end ...

The woman's iPhone charger sent an electrical current through her necklace, burning her in the process A 19-year-old woman suffered severe neck burns after her necklace came in contact with her ...

HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Doctors have a warning about generic phone chargers. A new study highlights cases where people were accidentally shocked and burned by phone charging cords. A photo from the study ...

Your bargain phone charger can come with a hidden cost—as one 19-year-old woman unfortunately had to find out. According to her doctors, the woman’s generic phone charger likely started a fire around ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — When a phone or laptop charger breaks, many people rush to get a generic one right away. It's an easier, cheaper option, but experts say it's probably not worth the risk. A lot ...

A few years back Samsung forfeited several miles to Apple in the smartphone race, after several of their models went full Charlie McGee on unexpecting customers. There was the woman in Detroit whose ...

I remember there were past issues about exploding generic batteries for cell phones and how manufacturers recommend using officialy-branded batteries to avoid injury.<BR><BR>What about chargers? Is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - According to the American College of Emergency Physicians using generic cell phone chargers can cause a high risk of injury. The chargers are less likely to meet the safety ...

A recent case report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine revealed the potential risk of serious burns and electrocution with the use of generic phone chargers compared to branded ones, as shown by ...

A 19-year-old woman suffered severe neck burns after her necklace came in contact with her generic cell phone charger, prompting experts to warn others to keep their charging phones away from their ...