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All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027 (www.theolivepress.es)
submitted 6 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[โ€“] -1 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I think it might have worked better if the requirement is for every phone to have an OPTION for a replaceable battery. I.E. manufacturers can provide a "waterproof" or "slim" or whatever version of each model, without a replaceable battery, so long as there's a version with a replaceable battery as well. With equivalent availability.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 6 months ago

    I don't like the idea personally, because the replaceable battery version would be priced up, and likely not given the flagship experience. The point of this law is to prevent ewaste from 2 year old batteries performing badly, and standardising replaceable batteries is the way to stop that. OEMs would just find ways to convince users to buy the phones with no replaceable batteries because they make more money long-term that way. I don't trust corporations lol.

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