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[Baditude]

Personally, I wouldn't buy from a company who would ignore a cease and desist when there are other batteries on the market which are just as good if not better.. why not do what Liion did and explain to your customers and show the test results of the comparable batteries available to people? makes no sense not to be above board in this case.

Choosing not to buy from a company who allegedly ignores a cease and desist is certainly your prerogative.

However, Sony has allegedly been handing out these cease and desist letters for a couple of years now, and no real legal action has come about to my knowledge. Some suppliers will continue to supply their customers with what they want as long as they have a source. And I seriously doubt that Sony will take any legal action since they have already made the decision to sell out to Murata.

We'll have to wait and see if Murata changes the name of these batteries from Sony to Murata, and what policy they adopt when selling to suppliers. When Imren bought out MNKE, they greatly exaggerated the specs of their batteries, so we'll also have to check that out, too.

I happen to agree with you that there are now other batteries on the market which are just as good if not better than Sony.

 

[Opinionated]

I saw that cease and desist letter. I am assuming that the trusted sites that are carrying the sony's still are just trying to rid themselves of the stock. If sony wanted them to hault completely, would they buy back any unused? If no, I surely wouldnt throw out that much $$

Edit: I consider Illumn.com a trusted site and they are carrying - 18650 Sony US18650VTC4 2100mAh High Discharge Flat Top - Batteries - Batteries, Chargers, and PowerPax Carriers

Ahh I see your edit, I also saw what they did, they added a liability disclaimer for Sony.. since that was why Sony wanted the cease and desist..

Your right, they are probably then just trying to get rid of stand alone stock.

 

[LilWhiteClouder]

I happen to agree with you that there are now other batteries on the market which are just as good if not better than Sony.

Agree with you both. LG is coming out strong.

Be sure to stay away from AOSO (AOSIBO) for any high amp vaping, no matter how low their prices are: AOSO Brown 30A 1600mAh 18650 Bench Test Results...only 15A but 2500mAh?
Could be worse than Efest...

 

[Baditude]

Agree with you both. LG is coming out strong.

"Sony says that while it focused on improving the profitability of lithium-ion smartphone batteries, it adds that the "competitive environment is significantly changing." In fact, Samsung claims it is the current leader in small lithium-ion batteries, and has been since 2010. Other players like LG Chem and Panasonic also outsell Sony."
---Lithium-ion pioneer Sony is selling its battery arm

 

[Opinionated]

Agree with you both. LG is coming out strong.

Be sure to stay away from AOSO (AOSIBO) for any high amp vaping, no matter how low their prices are: AOSO Brown 30A 1600mAh 18650 Bench Test Results...only 15A but 2500mAh?
Could be worse than Efest...

I'm personally thinking of just sticking with LG or Samsung, and forget anyone else. Batteries are too important to take risks with who knows what.. and those two companies see the potential in good. It's worth it to me to stick with what I know works well.

 

[Two_Bears]

I'm going with they are ignoring the cease and desist. Anyway, Sony is getting out of the battery business and selling their battery division to Murata. Lithium-ion pioneer Sony is selling its battery arm

Thanks for update