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More Sony Batteries Recalled
Scott Hagerman passes along news of yet another recall of Sony laptop batteries. The batteries in question, manufactured in the same timeframe as those involved in the massive 2006 recall, are in laptops sold by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer. Neither Apple nor Sony itself used these batteries in their laptops. This time 100,000 batteries are involved — 65,000 of them sold outside of the US — vs. the 10 million recalled in 2006. The Consumer Product Safety Commission fielded 19 reports of batteries overheating and/or catching fire.
Its funny how Sony does not use their own batteries because of this problem!
I only see HP, Toshiba and Dell mentioned on the two linked to websites. Where do the mentions of Lenovo and Acer come from?
1d10t.
They buy batteries in. "Hey, Korean battery manufacturers, I want 125 million batteries, to this spec. 'How much?' - Nah, too expensive", "Hey Taiwanese battery manufacturers". some time passes. "Hey small Chinese province battery manufacturers"
"w00t, we got 125 million batteries for the same price as 62.5 million Big Macs"
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
No angst for Sony from this quarter, stupid Chinese walls.
Without them they'd be one of the best firms on the planet.
If I had an Ass, I'd call it Fanny Bottom, then I could slap my Ass; Fanny Bottom, on the Arse.
I wander why it's always their battery?
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Makes sense not to use something you KNOW is bad, but it's begging for conspiracy theories. They deliberately gave us flaming batteries so their laptops would look better! Maybe there will be a lawsuit or two, but I have to wonder why someone would look to buy parts from a competitor with a clear conflict of interest.
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
cpghost at Cordula's Web.
For every Mattel, VW, and Sony there are a thousand companies that saved millions by outsourcing.
Modding me -1 troll doesn't make me wrong.
Gotta plug my laptop in and take out the battery before it exp
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
That doesn't change the fact that it is the cheap-ass managements (on both sides) that are to blame. If you go to the cheapest supplier, you'd best be prepared for the quality to be terrible. Whether that is because of dodgy materials or incompetent staff (or both) doesn't really matter.
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"