RSSSony Battery Recall Cost: $250 Million
By Nate Mook | Published August 25, 2006, 12:12 PM
Sony issued a statement late Thursday providing some more details about the battery recall affecting 5.9 million laptops shipped by both Dell and Apple. The company also said it is fully supporting the effort, which will cost sony between $171 million and $250 million. Sony does not anticipate any further recalls from other computer makers.
"The recall arises because, on rare occasions, microscopic metal particles in the recalled battery cells may come into contact with other parts of the battery cell, leading to a short circuit within the cell. Typically, a battery pack will simply power off when a cell short circuit occurs. However, under certain rare conditions, an internal short circuit may lead to cell overheating and potentially flames," Sony explained. The company says it has added new safeguards in the manufacturing process to eliminate this problem in the future.
omg.. "on rare occasions...on even rare situations.." :D..nvm..30$ are 30$ right :D?
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Ahhhhh... good things do happen.
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That means roughly 33 dollars a battery, yet they charge us 150 dollars for a battery. Interesting...
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"That means roughly 33 dollars a battery, yet they charge us 150 dollars for a battery. Interesting..."
Yup, that's sony alright.
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Welcome to the world of volume discounts.
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They'll just tack it onto the price of the PS3 and make it back.
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I'll bet they hardly even felt it.
It's like driving a Mack truck down the road and feeling a bump.
"I think I was in an accident back at that intersection. Oh well." *keeps driving*
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Hahahahah!
Idiots.
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Assume the position!
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