NVIDIA recalled some of its SHIELD Tablets last week due to an issue with the battery that could potentially cause fires last week and now CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has confirmed that the issue actually affects the “vast majority” of the tablets sold. Obviously this isn’t a good thing, but the company didn’t sell very many of the tablets anyway and Huang sees this as a lesson to be learned, so it’s not all that bad.
You might remember that last week, NVIDIA recalled a number of the SHIELD Tablets that they had sold. Due to the battery overheating and possibly catching on fire. The company’s CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang stated that this recall affected the majority of the tablets his company has sold. With 83,000 being in the US and 5,000 being in Canada. Those with the batteries codenamed Y01 are affected, however those with the codename B01, are not affected. “Ultimately it was a hard lesson in learning about battery suppliers and battery supply chain,” Huang said. “I guess at some level I’m glad we learned it at the beginning when our expectations for sales were rather modest and just getting into it.” So if 88,000 were the “vast majority” of the tablets they sold, then obviously they didn’t sell a whole lot. But to be honest this is their first tablet really. And as Huang said in his quote above, they learned this lesson in the beginning. When their sales expectations where modest. Which is a great thing for NVIDIA. You’d hate to be of Samsung’s stature and recall every single Galaxy S6 you sold.
