New Record for a battery recall - 46 million. And it’s not even Sony.


New Record for a battery recall.

The world’s top cellphone maker, Nokia, said that 46 million batteries used in its phones could overheat and that the company would replace them, in what would be the largest-ever consumer electronics recall.

The affected Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries were made by Matsushita Battery Industrial between December 2005 and November 2006.

Matsushita said there was a “rare problem” in manufacturing. 46 million ain’t “rare”.

Posted: Tue - August 14, 2007 at 06:53 AM