Nokia recalls 14 million cell phone chargers due to shock risk
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Nokia Corp. (NOK) announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge.The chargers, bearing Nokia's name and made by Chinese battery and auto part maker BYD Co., are models AC-3E and AC-3U, made between June 15 and Aug. 9 this year; and AC-4U, manufactured between April 13 and Oct. 25, 2009. They were mostly sold in Europe and North America.
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Nokia is the world's largest mobile phone maker with an estimated 38 percent global market share of all mobile devices. In the third quarter it sold 108.5 million units.
Based in Espoo near the Finnish capital, it sold 468 million handsets last year, up 7 percent on 2007.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-09-2009 @ 8:31AM
steve said...
why do we continue to allow china junk in USA ban all china junk
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11-09-2009 @ 11:01AM
Donovansdanes said...
I'd like to know why the U.S. continues to allow China to import goods that pose risks to American consumers. Between children's toys containing lead based paint, and now electrical products that pose shock risks to consumers. Enough is enough with purchasing China's poor quality, high risk products.
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11-09-2009 @ 2:48PM
marc said...
We allow unfair trade advantage of a communist China because Corporate America just loves it when they've forced all manufacturing jobs overseas to 99c per hour laborers and markuped up all goods schlepped over on the boats by 90% to help prop up their CEO's million dollar bonuses. Better yet, all those cheap goods last one third as long as they used to. Thus the perpetuated buy buy buy cycles that forever line the Ken Lewises of the world. Hope that helps.