Nokia holds Matsushita responsible for faulty batteries

C'mon, you didn't think Nokia was just going to sit around with 46 million bum batteries on its hands and not play the blame game, didya? Reportedly, when Nokia's worldwide CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo was asked whether Matsushita (the batteries' manufacturer) would be held liable for the fiasco, he responded by saying that the firm was "investigating" the issue, and noted "...of course they are responsible to us." Currently, Nokia has yet to divulge what kind of financial impact this whole mess will have on the company, but it's apparently planning to pass along at least some of the connected costs to Matsushita. Furthermore, Nokia's chief refused to comment when asked about the future relationship between the two outfits, but we're sure true feelings will become evident in due time.

[brains @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:13PM]

FYI to readers... MATSUSHITA = Panasonic.

[rickman @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:41PM]

And it isn't all. You can check the "bad" line of batteries on their site. But another millions of bad ones aren't listed there. I can open new thermal power plant with mine, and it isn't listed! (it is BL-5C bundled with 6230i and of course I am using other one now, don't want to smudge my beautiful shorts with some explosion) ;)

[Nick @ Aug 23rd 2007 4:47PM]

I work for the '3' mobile company in the UK, and we've just had a massive recall of all pre-2007 handsets; 6230, 6280, 6233, E61+TomTom (curiously not the E61 on its own?) etc
Close to 30 handsets were sent back from my store alone, so goodness knows the extent of the whole recall.. it's going to cost Nokia and the companies involved an absolute ton.

[scott needham @ Aug 25th 2007 5:08PM]

nick
i have 6210 in australia brand new.battery lasts 5-6 hrs standb..max.then just dies instantly.so annoying [and this is just usung phone function.why are so many of 3 phones like this-i've had at least 6 different phones over 4 years.all either break/die.soooo annoying
snp