(Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)An Apple repair and refurbishment center in Elk Grove, Calif., has placed about 1,600 accidental calls to 911 over the past four months — and it's not at all clear why. But they are a nuisance to operators trying to address real emergency calls, particularly if they come in while a dispatcher is dealing with another situation. Both devices are capable of making phone calls even when unattached to a cellular plan. The number of accidental 911 calls has been on the rise with the broad adoption of smartphones. “This is due to the fact that wireless accidental dials mostly result from individuals accidentally dialing 9-1-1 from their cell/smartphones,” the paper said.

Source: Washington Post February 23, 2018 21:11 UTC