>>Those batteries are made in China under Sony contracts<<
You should get your fact right!
"These batteries were made in JAPAN
Reader post by: pwoon
Posted on: August 24, 2006, 11:12 AM PDT
Story: Apple recalls 1.8 million batteries
The problem batteries were made by Sony Energy devices based in Fukushima, north of Tokyo, and were placed in laptops shipped between April 2004 and July 2006.
The rest of the world's laptop batteries are made in China. What does that say about China vs. Japan quality?"
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Toshiba Recalls 340,000 Sony Laptop Batteries
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
foxnews.com
TOKYO — Toshiba is recalling 340,000 laptop batteries worldwide made by Sony Corp. (SNE), the latest in a series of problems for the company.
While the latest battery problem causes the laptops to sometimes run out of power, no injuries or other accidents have been reported, Toshiba Corp. spokesman Keisuke Omori said Tuesday. She declined to provide the number of reported problems.
The defect is not directly related to the problem behind last month's recall of Sony batteries by Dell Inc. (DELL) and Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), which cited concerns that the batteries could overheat and catch fire.
Dell asked customers to return 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries, while Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide.
In both those cases, the troubled lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony Energy Devices Corp., a Japan-based subsidiary of Sony Corp.
Tuesday's recall affects 100,000 laptop batteries in the U.S., 45,000 in Japan, and the rest in other parts of the world, Omori said.
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