Chromebook 11 Sales Resume After Charger Recall

[exfileme]

Google and HP are recalling the original charger of the Chromebook 11.

Chromebook 11 Sales Resume After Charger Recall : Read more

 

[ericburnby]

So they sold 145,000 in two months. If they keep that stellar sales rate they might hit 1 million in early 2015.

 

[InvalidError]

While there may be 145 000 power supplies potentially affected by the defect, there can be far many more than 145 000 Chromebooks in the wild.

The adapters that got recalled are likely from a single batch or a batch that contains a particular component that came from a bad batch and only the adapter batches affected by the defect are getting recalled.

This is why batch numbers, manufacture date, serial number or some other methods of tracing devices back to their manufacturing batch or component batches is necessary - limit recalls to the narrowest scope possible.

 

[JD88]

So they sold 145,000 in two months. If they keep that stellar sales rate they might hit 1 million in early 2015.

It was only on the market for around a month before sales were halted due to the charger issue.