WASHINGTON-Nokia Corp. of Finland today unveiled a new program to help consumers identify original batteries of the No. 1 mobile-phone manufacturer, an action that comes in the face of reports of exploding handsets and U.S. cell-phone industry efforts to craft a standard for mobile phone batteries.
“Consumer safety is our most important concern, and we are taking even more aggressive measures to raise consumer awareness about the dangers of counterfeit batteries and poor-quality third-party batteries,” said Razvan Olosu, vice president of mobile enhancements and multimedia at Nokia “With this new Nokia authentication program, we are directly attacking the counterfeiters who manufacture potentially unsafe batteries. The hologram label enables consumers to identify that the battery they are using is indeed an original Nokia battery.”
While counterfeit batteries have been flagged as being a cause of incidents in which consumers have been injured by exploding cell phones, there are indications original equipment batteries and battery chargers are also part of the problem.
