46 MILLION Nokia batteries - bad - there's that China thingy again

[spanone]

Whew....that's a shitload of batteries.

~snip~ Nokia, the world’s biggest cellphone maker, warned consumers yesterday that 46 million of its handsets contained defective batteries made in China that could in rare cases overheat and even dislodge during recharging.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/technology/15battery.html?hp

[eleny]

1. Yup, that's a lotta bad juice

[sarcasmo]

2. When will we wake up and start producing our own product.

When it's to late?

[spanone]

3. when workers refuse payment for their services....it's the Wal-Mart syndrome...cheap,cheap,cheap

[sarcasmo]

7. It's near impossible to find anything under ten dollars made in the States.

Zippo's are about twenty bucks and they are made in PA.

[mikeytherat]

4. "DISLODGE" during charging? As in, "They blow up and fly out of the charger"?

Not one other mention of this, or what it means, in the article. Great reporting guys.

mikey_the_rat

[youngdem]

5. because China means quality

everyone has always known this.

[spanone]

6. why are these things getting in the country defective??? have we lowered our standards?

has bu$h* gutted our consumer protection agencies????