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.