I ditched the cell phone 3 years ago and have never looked back. I have a landline. I remember the days when we would go out shopping or whatever with NO cell phone and when I ditched it, I worried about the what if's. But that soon passed and I thought, well if I break down on the road, I will put it in God's hands and not get all flustered about it. But I am 74 and only broke down on the road once in my whole life and that was a flat tire. Fortunately, I was able to keep driving my 2003 Toyota Prius on a flat tire to a gas station for a repair. Funny thing is, I did not even know it was flat as I was driving on the freeway, that's how well this car handled a flat tire. I only found out because the person next to me signaled I had a flat. Back to the cell phone. It would be wist to stay away from these addictive beast system devices. If technology can blow them up, then it is not worth the risk. I suspect a satelite was used to blow up the batteries, but maybe they were compromised in some way from the factory. Either way, it just shows us what the powers that be can do if they want to. I see in the comments how hooked people are to these things and that was probably the intention from the get go. I will never ever have one of them and if I want pictures I can always use my Nikon camera. I have my life back without that thing and I can now give the people around me my full attention and not be distracted by a cell phone.
