EPC 電池風波: 華碩︰純屬誤會 願免費升級

EPC 電池風波

转载自HKEPC John Lam 报道原文:

ASUS 上週六於香港全球首賣第二代 8.9 吋 Eee PC 900 ，出現了電池風波，有消費者向華碩投訴並認為有欺騙成份。據華碩表示，由於樣本疏失令給予香港區媒體的 Eee PC 900 誤用了 5800mhA 電池，實際應為 4400mhA 電池，但華碩考量到香港市場客戶的利益，將免費升級以回饋用家。

ASUS 上週六於旺角銀城廣場舉行全球 Eee PC 900 全球首賣，延續第一代 Eee PC 的氣勢，首賣會未開始已出現百人長龍，單日千台全數沽清，部份無法取得現貨的消費者更只能即場預定，氣勢一時無倆。

但有消費者卻發現拿回家的 Eee PC 900 電池與媒體所報導的規格不符，並向華碩提出抗議，認為華碩有意誤導消息者，貨不對版。

據了解，華碩向香港媒體提供的 Eee PC 900 樣本，採用了 5800mhA 的高容量電池，但正式發售的版本卻是 4400mhA 電池，容量相差約四份之一，電池續航力有顯注差異。

就此事向華碩求証，華碩指出此仍樣本疏失，誤將高容量 5800mhA 電池交予媒體評測，造成消費者誤會附連電池為 5800mhA 電池，但實際香港發售的版本應為 4400mhA 電池。

華碩表示，由於是樣本錯誤，因此願負起全部負任，首賣日發售的 Eee PC 900 消費者，將獲提供免費更換 5800mhA 高容量電池，更換電池的詳細事宜將在日內公佈。

由於 $3998 港元的售價是以 4400mhA 為考量，但明白到香港市場對電池續航力十分重視，因此下一批 Eee PC 900 採用 5800mhA 電池，會否因應電池容量提升而作出適當的價錢調整則仍在考慮中。
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As well as this report....ASUS EeePC gets in battery blamage

Low yield batteries for the same money

While the EeePC is a sucess story, it seems ASUS is shooting itself in the foot now.

To satisfy demand in Europe, ASUS started shipping the old 701 model with 4400mAh batteries instead of the more expensive 5200mAh. In a statement for heise.de, Holger Schmidt, PR-Spokesperson for ASUS, told them a fire at LG Chemicals forced them to use the low-yield batteries because batteries got more expensive overall and they want to keep the price of the notebook at the same level.

If ASUS does this in the U.S., a class action suit will be a sure bet. We would like to hear from our readers in the U.S. and find out if the same is happening stateside.

The same story seems to be happening with the new EeePC 900, which has been launched in Hong Kong. Some users are very furious, because all the review-sites tested the 900 with the 5800mAh battery, and so they told everyone battery life was improved. Now, all customers get all the machines with 4400mAh batteries, which decreases the runtime by about one hour.