http://blog.laptopmag.com/where-have-all-the-replacement-laptop-batteries-gone News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.laptopmag.com/where-have-all-the-replacement-laptop-batteries-gone/comment-page-1#comment-11168 Petya357 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:46:29 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/where-have-all-the-replacement-laptop-batteries-gone#comment-11168 Ringo, I happened to work for a top battery maker a couple of years ago. Yes, it IS harder, in fact MUCH HARDER to manufacture a Li-Ion battery cell than a laptop. Laptop production is a simple electromechanical assembly, and some hard-drive burning - dozens and dozens of companies do it. Li-ion battery production needs an approx. 20M USD hi-tech production line, and know-how - there are only about 5 makes in the world who can deliver consistent quality suitable for the reputable laptop OEMs. A fire in the largest factory is a big deal, trust me... Ringo, I happened to work for a top battery maker a couple of years ago. Yes, it IS harder, in fact MUCH HARDER to manufacture a Li-Ion battery cell than a laptop. Laptop production is a simple electromechanical assembly, and some hard-drive burning – dozens and dozens of companies do it. Li-ion battery production needs an approx. 20M USD hi-tech production line, and know-how – there are only about 5 makes in the world who can deliver consistent quality suitable for the reputable laptop OEMs. A fire in the largest factory is a big deal, trust me…

]]> http://blog.laptopmag.com/where-have-all-the-replacement-laptop-batteries-gone/comment-page-1#comment-9842 Ringo Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:22:38 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/where-have-all-the-replacement-laptop-batteries-gone#comment-9842 I'll believe it when I see it. How hard is it to make a simple battery? Is it so hard that only LG can build one? Can't anyone else make the stupid batteries? Seems harder to manufacture a battery than a laptop nowadays. What does that mean about the quality of the laptops nowadays? Soon the batteries will cost more that the laptops themselves... this is such a joke. I made a battery in my physics class a few years ago... let me go and fetch it. I’ll believe it when I see it. How hard is it to make a simple battery? Is it so hard that only LG can build one? Can’t anyone else make the stupid batteries? Seems harder to manufacture a battery than a laptop nowadays. What does that mean about the quality of the laptops nowadays? Soon the batteries will cost more that the laptops themselves… this is such a joke. I made a battery in my physics class a few years ago… let me go and fetch it.

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