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Originally Posted by robski
Don't forget that lightning sometime travels upwards, it's not always down from the clouds. It tends to flash to the highest point that why it pays not to stand under a tree or be that highest point yourself. (lay flat on the ground).
I suspect your phone was an old cheap design ( made for less than a pound ) and imported from the far East. Modern telecom components tend to be designed to withstand 2KV static charges.
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It was one of the early analogue ones.