More Sony Batteries Recalled 42
Scott Hagerman passes along news of yet another recall of Sony laptop batteries. The batteries in question, manufactured in the same timeframe as those involved in the massive 2006 recall, are in laptops sold by HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Acer. Neither Apple nor Sony itself used these batteries in their laptops. This time 100,000 batteries are involved — 65,000 of them sold outside of the US — vs. the 10 million recalled in 2006. The Consumer Product Safety Commission fielded 19 reports of batteries overheating and/or catching fire.
Hm, the smell of exploding lithium in the morning (Score:1, Funny)
I like it!
That does not surprise me! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That does not surprise me! It should. (Score:5, Insightful)
1d10t.
They buy batteries in. "Hey, Korean battery manufacturers, I want 125 million batteries, to this spec. 'How much?' - Nah, too expensive", "Hey Taiwanese battery manufacturers". some time passes. "Hey small Chinese province battery manufacturers"
"w00t, we got 125 million batteries for the same price as 62.5 million Big Macs"
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Obligatory Sony Angst (Score:1)
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Without them they'd be one of the best firms on the planet.
Lenovo and Acer? (Score:5, Informative)
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That's too bad; I was hoping I could get Lenovo to give me a new battery!
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From the previous recall of 10M batteries, not this one.
Outsourcing can be expensive (Score:1, Redundant)
The guy who decided to outsource the manufacturing of those batteries should be *fired* (or forced to use one of his own products, which has the same effect).
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
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Re:Outsourcing can be expensive (Score:5, Insightful)
Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
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Seriously, after Mattel, VW and Sony, how many examples do managers need to figure out that low-cost labor can be very costly?
It's not necessarily low-cost labor as it is low-cost materials used in those batteries.
That doesn't change the fact that it is the cheap-ass managements (on both sides) that are to blame. If you go to the cheapest supplier, you'd best be prepared for the quality to be terrible. Whether that is because of dodgy materials or incompetent staff (or both) doesn't really matter.
Take a lesson from the military... (Score:2)
All military contracts are lowest-bidder. By your arguement, none of the planes should fly, none of the guns should shoot, and none of the bombs explode.
This obviously isn't the case - there's no fundamental problem with going for the lowest bidder for a particular project... as long as the standards are strict and are enforced.
I'll guarentee there was a quality-control standard on the purity of the materials in th
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For every Mattel, VW, and Sony there are a thousand companies that saved millions by outsourcing.
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Firing is insulting to the victims.
I *dearly* hope a super-rich-parents' 2-year old infant dies in this battery fire.
Then we have a solid case for murder against Sony CEO and Sony US.
Now, since Sony (like all other corps) claim they are a *person*, let them feel the effects of being indicted and convicted of murder.
The entire board should be hanged till death for the murder of a 2-year old; in public.
That will freeze any such quality vs money discussions in companies. Only one lesson is needed.
known issue (Score:4, Informative)
I wander why it's always their battery?
Re:known issue (Score:5, Funny)
QA (Score:2)
Sony: giving you more bang for the buck.
Makes sense, but begging for a conspiracy theory (Score:2, Interesting)
Makes sense not to use something you KNOW is bad, but it's begging for conspiracy theories. They deliberately gave us flaming batteries so their laptops would look better! Maybe there will be a lawsuit or two, but I have to wonder why someone would look to buy parts from a competitor with a clear conflict of interest.
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Well you see, what happened was that SONY did not pay its greens fees at the Illuminati golf course. The CEO thought being a 32nd degree Mason would get him out of paying the greens fees, but alas that is only allowed for 33rd degree Masons. So now, not only are their batteries causing more problems, and them even more embarrassment, but the CEO of SONY is no longer able to get to the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rit
Dammit! (Score:2)
Looks like my laptop's been affected.... (Score:2, Funny)
Toshiba's position on this (Score:2)
Flamebait (Score:1)
Is it just me or does being modded 'flamebait' on this topic take on a whole new meaning?