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Apple Watch among wearables exempted from EU user-replaceable battery rules Legal (9to5mac.com)
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[โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

โ€By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following products incorporating portable batteries may be designed in such a way as to make the battery removable and replaceable only by independent professionals:
(a) appliances specifically designed to operate primarily in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion, and that are intended to be washable or rinseable;โ€

How is a wristwatch not designed for an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water? I wash my hands several times a day.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    Well no that's their point, the batteries can only be replaceable by an independant professional and not the user, because it's subject to frequent splashing water, therefore there's a waterproofing argument & the battery can't be user-serviceable

    I'm not sure why they couldn't make a user-replaceable waterproof battery but there you go

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago

    I don't think making the battery itself waterproof is necessarily the solution here though: you would need to make the battery user replaceable without sacrificing the waterproofing of the entire device.

    There are ways of accomplishing this in devices though: action cameras generally have replaceable batteries with an extra waterproofing gasket for the battery tray. Those are even designed for frequent-ish swaps (though, outside of water).

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago*

    I don't know how you do it, but I do wash my hands without getting my watch wet. Which is good, as not all watches are waterproof. And mine isn't. :D

    Anyway, watches can be waterproof and have replaceable batteries. Like most watches, especially those that are not smartwatches.

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