Nokia warns customers not to use third-party batteries
By Online Staff
October 24, 2003

Nokia has recommended that customers use only original batteries in its products
after a battery used in a Nokia 7210 mobile phone exploded.

The incident happened in the Netherlands and a Nokia investigation found that
the battery involved in the incident was not one manufactured by the company.

Nokia said that over the past few months, cases have been reported of
non-original mobile-phone batteries exploding, causing damage to both batteries
and phones and in all such cases, the battery has been a non-original battery.

The company said in general the reported incidents are due to an internal short
circuit which could be caused by careless design, an uncontrolled production
process or a combination of both.

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