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Warranty | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 02, 2016
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Warranty | Warranty In general, the Company provides warranty coverage of 1 year on mobile computers and WLAN products. Advanced data capture products are warrantied from 1 to 5 years, depending on the product. Printers are warrantied for 1 year against defects in material and workmanship. Thermal printheads are warranted for 6 months and batteries are warrantied for 1 year. Battery-based products, such as location tags, are covered by a 90-day warranty. A provision for warranty expense is recorded at the time of sale and is adjusted quarterly based on historical warranty experience. The following table is a summary of the Company’s accrued warranty obligation (in millions):
| Three Months Ended
| April 2, 2016 |  | April 4, 2015
Balance at the beginning of the period | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 25 |
Warranty expense | 7 |  |  | 9 |
Warranty payments | (8 | ) |  | (7 | )
Balance at the end of the period | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 27 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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