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Nokia to Replace 43 Million Batteries

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-more-burning-phone dept.

mysqlbytes writes "According to a recent post on the BBC's website, Nokia has admitted to a problem in the BL-5C batteries made by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. For some of us, it means longer battery life with a new lease of life and for some of us, no more burnt legs. You can check out the product advisory here."

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  1. Burnt Legs? by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I understand that this is a legitimate recall. That said, if your phone is burning your legs while it's charging I'm pretty sure you're using it wrong.

    -Peter

    1. Re:Burnt Legs? by SpottedKuh · · Score: 5, Funny

      That said, if your phone is burning your legs while it's charging I'm pretty sure you're using it wrong.

      Oh, crap. I always wondered why I couldn't walk more than three feet from the wall while I'm charging my phone.

    2. Re:Burnt Legs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I wonder seriously about this. I put in the code from the back of my battery and the site cheerfully informed me, "Your battery may be replaced". Great, I thought. I'll just pop in my contact info and they'll mail me a new one. Great, right??

      Uhm...next page says, "Your battery will NOT be replaced". Think they coulda told me that BEFORE I put in my contact (marketing) info?

      I smell a scam here. Or at least, scummy tactics.

  2. This site discussed on TheDailyWTF by willpall · · Score: 5, Informative

    Link to forum thread

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  3. Admitting? by glitch23 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Admitting" seems a bit strong. There is no evidence yet of them denying the matter. It just takes time for reports to come in and see that there is a pattern forming and *realize* all those issues may not be coincidence. "Admitting" to there being an issue implies they were trying to cover up something. At least that's the way I view it. I don't see any wrongdoing, yet.

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  4. If you do have a BL-5C by 88Seconds · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to the following URL http://www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/ to check if you are affected