South Korea fire causes laptop battery shortage: Asus, HP and Dell affected already

So when you hear about a South Korea fire you may read the news and think “well its miles away and does not affect me”, but this will not be the case for many computer users. The fire was at LG Chem’s Ochang laptop battery plant and this has now caused a laptop battery shortage, which has already affected Asus, HP and Dell.

The situation could get much worse as there is a rumor that customers could end up with a price hike for replacement batteries, and while Dell will not say how much this is affecting laptops they did comment by saying they are talking with other suppliers to source more batteries. The Ochang plant will start production again in around 2 or 3 months. Do you think you will be affected?

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