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After USB-C, the EU’s next major consumer-tech push is battery removability and replaceability.
If these rules reshape phone design, it could become one of Europe’s biggest hardware influence plays yet.
#EU #RightToRepair #Smartphones #ReplaceableBattery

Gravitas Feb 5

EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/oNH9aX8BeF2ueqAWdRLaUT

EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk!

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MathiasTCK Sep 18, 2024

#ReplaceableBattery. I haven't ever really trusted phones since we lost the ability to pop the battery out. It was always the fastest way to fix so many problems. I miss having an extra, charged, battery I could swap.

Maybe Ryobi should make a phone :)

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Arun Aug 15, 2023

Note: I don't want to trivialize how complicated this would be. There's absolutely going to be a number of #engineering challenges to address before #phone #OEMs can even think about adopting a #standard.

#mashable #apple #iphone #eu #europe #battery #replaceablebattery #replaceable

Yeri Dec 25, 2022

more 👏 👏 👏 https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/non-replaceable-battery-not-if-this-proposed-eu-law-passes/

#replaceableBattery #battery

Non-Replaceable Battery? Not If This Proposed EU Law Passes!

A disturbing trend in consumer electronics has been a steady disappearance of replaceable batteries on our devices. Finding a mobile phone with a swapable battery is a struggle, and many other devi…

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