Not normally one to defend Apple but....isn't this more about a batch of bad batteries rather than apple devices. All batteries are prone to this defect, no matter the device brand. A quick skim of the internet reveals that Lenovo, Dell, and HP have had issues in some parts of the world with a battery order.
Hey fanboi, is that an EXPLODING BATTERY in your MacBook Pro?
American electronics chain Best Buy has recalled a batch of 5,100 MacBook Pro* replacement batteries after they caught fire while charging up. One customer suffered a serious leg burn, and 12 others reported seeing their device burst into flames, we're told. Anyone who bought a black or white lithium-ion replacement battery, …
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Thursday 20th June 2013 16:56 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: True it's about batteries, but...
"It also shows that buying from Apple doesn't get you any better components than you would get from any other vendor."
This article is about people buying no-name Chinese batteries from Best Buy.
"Buying from Apple" doesn't come into play at any point.
If anything, it does show that Apple products have higher quality, since Best Buy's solution is to replace the defective products with Apple products.
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Friday 21st June 2013 08:29 GMT trevi1900
Re: True it's about batteries, but...
Wrong. Read the article. The batteries in question that were sold at Best Buy were third party batteries----not the batteries that Apple uses as replacements. If you ordered a battery from Apple or went into an Apple Store to have a Macbook Pro battery replaced you will not have this problem.
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Thursday 20th June 2013 15:09 GMT John Colman
Re: Not MacBook Pros, not Apple batteries.
I believe that this is a conspiracy by the Obama administration who are causing he batteries to burst thus ruining a perfectly good Chinese company while boosting Apple's sales of branded products...
Actually, in reality, this kind of thing happens all the time, just look at the Dreamliner
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Thursday 20th June 2013 17:53 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: Not MacBook Pros, not Apple batteries.
The trouble is that people pay what they think is a good price but don't actually know how to value the product. They see a new battery from the item manufacturer for (say) £80 and then another name one for £40. But they think about the short term cost - walking out of the shop £40 more down on the deal and not the possible consequences or that over a year of use that extra £40 is about 10p a day. Without knowing how likely the cheaper battery is to fail or the quality of the warranty on the expensive one how can they evaluate the risk.
Not that I'm a fan of expensive batteries. A well-known supplier of Dell parts quoted me for a Raid card battery this week. My initial thoughts were "50 for a battery" and "how much delivery". An online supplier has the same - and Dell branded - for about £25 on their website. Tempting but with the former I can have more faith in getting the right part first time.
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Saturday 22nd June 2013 03:09 GMT Tim Bates
Re: Not MacBook Pros, not Apple batteries.
"Lesson: next time buy an official Apple part :)"
Cause Apple never had any Sony built batteries exploding in Macbooks, right?
Oh, and all those destroyed iProducts where the battery expanded and forced the case open... Those had to be non-genuine batteries too, right?
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Thursday 20th June 2013 16:30 GMT h3
Cheap China junk sucks. If you do want to buy it then best to buy it direct for what it is worth.
(The likelihood of getting something good cheap is so low it is not worth bothering at all).
It is very problematic when getting stuff for older devices because due to the amount of counterfeiting you will probably get the same fake regardless of cost. (As it is not even stocked by the legit places).
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Thursday 20th June 2013 16:52 GMT Lord Elpuss
wtf
Ooooohhhhh so these aren't Apple batteries, they're cheap China knockoffs.
(Sub-ed; "Reg enjoys playing with fire in more ways than one because if Apple reads your headline you're f*cked every which way from Sunday for implying that their products are fallible when they're in fact manufactured by sacred eunuchs on the shore of Mount Cupertino, and forged from the tears of virgins")
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Thursday 20th June 2013 22:41 GMT Anonymous Coward
"Affected customers will receive a replacement official Apple-branded battery or a $50 Best Buy gift card."
Who would take the Best Buy gift card? Even if you didn't need the battery, you could sell the batter on eBay for more than $50 and then you have that money to spend anywhere rather than just Best Buy. Obviously Best Buy wants people to take the $50 gift card as it costs them less and they know you will be back.
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Friday 21st June 2013 09:51 GMT messele
Yawn...
This deliberate skewing of facts in headlines to draw page-click ad revenue is getting really tiresome now. I don't care who the bias is against, I like to visit websites that actually report truths.
Are there ANY tech news sites left now that know the difference between news and editorial guff? Certainly can't include this shit-fest in that very short list.
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Friday 21st June 2013 13:26 GMT Captain Scarlet
So annoyed
I was so hoping to rib Apple users with this, but the headline lied.
Its a damn 3rd party battery. Inserts SouthPark Style "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE"