Nokia Battery Explosion
Nokia battery explosion recently found in MANILA, Philippines.
Nokia did not issue a product recall but an advisory, which warned consumers approximately described overheating problems of a Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd of Tokyo & Japan amidst December 2005 and November 2006.
But advised consumers to go to the phone manufacturer’s a internet site and follow directions on finding out whether their batteries are affected by the product advisory.
Nokia’s internet site said several suppliers for BL-5C batteries have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries.
Nokia and Matsushita have offered to replace for gratis any BL-5C battery.
Nokia has additionally identified the following models affected by the product advisory: Nokia 1100, Nokia 1100c, Nokia 1101, Nokia 1108, Nokia 1110, Nokia 1112, Nokia 1255, Nokia 1315, Nokia 1600, Nokia 2112, Nokia 2118, Nokia 2255, Nokia 2272, Nokia 2275, Nokia 2300, Nokia 2300c, Nokia 2310, Nokia 2355, Nokia 2600, Nokia 2610, Nokia 2610b, Nokia 2626, Nokia 3100, Nokia 3105, Nokia 3120, Nokia 3125, Nokia 6030, Nokia 6085, Nokia 6086, Nokia 6108, Nokia 6175i, Nokia 6178i, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6230i, Nokia 6270, Nokia 6600, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6630, Nokia 6631, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6820, Nokia 6822, Nokia 7610, Nokia N70, Nokia N71, Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Nokia E50, Nokia E60.
Local consumers need to check Nokia’s internet site original to see whether or not their phones’ batteries are affected, since it will additionally explain the action how batteries will be replaced.
But any consumer can quickly check whether their “BL-5C” battery version is printed on the front of their battery. If it is, next they should type the 26-character identification number printed on the back of the battery on the Nokia website.
Once the internet site identifies that the battery is covered by the advisory, a action of shipping the faulty product and receiving a replacement will be explained, the Nokia Philippines executive said.
Website address : http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/

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