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| Nokia to replace 14 million chargers | Views: 51 |
| Nov 09, 2009 10:38 am | | Nokia to replace 14 million chargers | # |
Parag Pattani | | HELSINKI: Nokia will replace 14 million cellphone chargers made by China's BYD Co Ltd as chargers could fall apart and expose consumers to risk of electrical shock.
"We are undertaking this exchange programme as a proactive, precautionary measure. We are not aware of any incidents or injuries relating to these three (models of) chargers," said Nokia spokesman Doug Dawson.
The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia said BYD would cover all costs from replacement. An average charger sales price to phone manufacturers is around $1.
"The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger's internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket," the Finnish firm said.
BYD spokeswoman Jasmine Huang said the company would issue statement later on the replacement.
"During internal tests, we found the chargers could have some problems," Huang told news agency.
Nokia said BYD chargers AC-3E and AC-3U, manufactured between June 15 and August 9, and AC-4U, manufactured between April 13 and October 25 would be replaced.
Nokia said it recommends consumers with chargers within the scope of this exchange programme to stop using the charger and exchange it for a free replacement.
Source : Reuters/The Times of India
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| Nov 09, 2009 9:17 pm | | re: Nokia to replace 14 million chargers | # |
Kana Gopal | | anyway, the back cover of my nokia falls off...this in a phone that is only slightly more than a year old! would like nokia to do something about that.
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| Nov 09, 2009 9:30 pm | | re: re: Nokia to replace 14 million chargers | # |
VA Abraham | | Would have been more impressed if Nokia would have replaced the chargers with solar mobile chargers.
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| Nov 09, 2009 10:51 pm | | re: re: re: Nokia to replace 14 million chargers | # |
Himanshu Karia | | I think such recalls are always to limit liability for company's negligence which can cause costly penalties. It also improves or avoids damage of adverse publicity.
Even Corporate philosophy drives such recall of products albeit even for small product defects. Nokia I believe is one such company. Kana, why not go and check up with Nokia directly?
I think that some countries even have laws stating that if there is a compulsory recall from manufacturer then all customers must either dispose or return the defective product and failure to do so may entail a heavy penalty on the customer!!
Abraham, I like your idea of solar chargers. Havent seen any around yet, I may have missed. :)
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