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Nokia has announced that it will be exchanging the 14 million chargers which were manufactured by China’s BYD Co. The chargers are faulty and could fall apart.

During a routine quality control process, Nokia identified a potential product quality issue with certain chargers manufactured by one of its third-party suppliers. The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket. Nokia is not aware of any incidents or injuries related to these chargers.

Only a limited number of chargers of certain model types manufactured by a single third-party supplier during a specific time period are within the scope of the exchange program. They are the AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009; and the AC-4U model, manufactured between April 13, 2009 and October 25, 2009.

In order to check if your charger is also a faulty one and needs to be exchanged, you must navigate to chargerexchange.nokia.com and enter your charger number in the input box available at the website.

If your charger is on the list, Nokia will give you a new one, for free.

Via Nokia

Earlier last week Nokia announced 5 new models including the Nokia 1280 which will be priced at EUR 20 is the cheapest Nokia phone ever made.

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