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Slate's Battery Switcheroo: What It Means for Your Gear Budget
Another Day, Another Supply Chain Shuffle Look, I’m not here to play corporate espionage analyst, but when a manufacturer pivots their battery supplier mid-stream, photographers need to pay attention. Slate recently made waves by ditching their original Georgia battery partnership in favor of a new Illinois supplier—and the tech behind it is different enough to warrant some serious scrutiny. The Battery Bait-and-Switch Here’s what went down: Slate had locked in arrangements to source batteries from a Georgia manufacturer starting in 2025.