Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

TL;DR

  • The European Council has ended its adoption procedure for rules related to phones with replaceable batteries.
  • By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise.
  • The regulation intends to introduce a circular economy for batteries.
    • traveler01@lemdro.id
      16·
      1 year ago

      Part of the current designs being thinner is the fact batteries aren’t replaceable.

      • Soleil (she/her ♀)@beehaw.org
        4·
        1 year ago

        Thinness is not necessarily something that’s super important to most people.

        Also, even if it was, my LG V20 is basically the same thickness as my iPhone 13. I say “basically” because the phone with a replaceable battery is actually slightly thinner in this comparison.

        • traveler01@lemdro.id
          15·
          1 year ago

          I mean a current iPhone has way more horsepower than a Lg V20. And a lot more features inside as well. Also many phones have multi-cell batteries in order to improve charging time and durability, how you plan to do that swappable?

          Having the UE telling brands how to design phones is already over-regulating.

          • Infernoblaze47@mastodon.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            @traveler01 @ethd I think you may have a point buuut.

            If you can replace a battery super easy your probably more likely to have the same device for longer thus reducing e waste.

            Also it would have been better to force fully repairable phones I’m sure this is step 1 we are seeing now.

            • traveler01@lemdro.id
              13·
              1 year ago

              They should make less expensive to repair in my opinion. Also, if EU want so bad to reduce e-waste it should make repair shops tax exempt, plus the parts. It’s already mandatory for brands to supply parts for about 10 years as far as I know, the repair price just needs to get cheaper.