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Comments on: New Zealander's Nokia explodes

Nokia battery recall 

Posted Friday 30th November 2007 21:20 GMT

FYI - The nokia replacement site is at

http://batteryreplacement.nokia.com/batteryreplacement/en/

You will need the 26-character battery serial number.

If your battery is affected, they will send you a new one by DHL, and you send the old one back by prepaid mail to the Netherlands for proper disposal. Later on, they will then send you a new one by DHL (again) for no apparently good reason. They will then ignore your attempts to contact them over this duplicate order. Result: Two new batteries. Way to go Nokia.

Ah 

Posted Friday 30th November 2007 21:39 GMT

Pirate

Given the usual one cent in the dollar types one routinely encounters on travelling around the twin islands of the thick white cloud , me thinks it be the far cheaper clone type using those questionable batteries made by the great recall maker itself in a possible ploy to discredit it's arch phone rival and nemisis !

@Jim Howes 

Posted Saturday 1st December 2007 02:39 GMT

Flame

You must have my battery, I went to their site, filled in my 26 digit number, was told my battery was one of the effected ones, entered my details and was informed a new battery would be sent to me. This was months ago, to date, no new battery, bloody Nokia.

I used the flame icon as a symbol of my yet to be burning phone.

Expolding "official" batteries 

Posted Sunday 2nd December 2007 16:59 GMT

Strange that the non-official batteries made by Gold Peak Co. have not been know to explode. Must be something in the water they drink !!

Upside down 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 03:11 GMT

In the Southern Hemisphere you have to hold your phone upside down otherwise you void warrantee. Everyone knows that!

Surely not 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 05:05 GMT

Alert

Is Nokia, or the company that makes the chargers, aware that NZ power is 240v, not 110?

@Paul Murray 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 10:46 GMT

Boffin

is paul murray aware that most of europe is also at 220/240 including finland where nokia comes from!