throwawayacc0430Jun 18, 2025

How do you think smartphone companies will comply with EU's *Easily Replacible Battery* Law? Removable Back cover? Simple Screws? Or EU-Specific models?

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How do you think smartphone companies will comply with EU's *Easily Replacible Battery* Law? Removable Back cover? Simple Screws? Or EU-Specific models? - sh.itjust.works

I think 90% chance of apple going for the EU-Specific model just like they did for Digital markets act, 10 chance of screws, 0% chance of actually popping the back cover off with bare hands. For Samsung, 50% chance EU-Specific models 50% chance screws, 10% chance back cover tool-less removal. As for other smaller manufacturers, probably just 50%/50% either screws or tool-less back cover removal.

Show threadsbvJun 18, 2025

Back when removable batteries were a thing, the couple of phones I had both were removable without screws.

I have no strong feelings about what a removable battery should look like, but I love the idea of increasing a phone’s longevity easily.

Show threadCaptainPedanticJun 18, 2025

I had a phone with a back cover that popped off without screws. It was the stupidest fucking design.

Drop your phone? Phone explodes and battery falls out.

Put your phone in your tight pants pocket wrong? Back cover comes off.

Toolless designs are great for things you access frequently. The only time I had to open the back of that phone was to put a sim card in it. Phones should be more repairable, but I want them to be held together with screws so they don’t fall apart during the 99.9999% of the time they’re not being opened.

Show threadTyoda
Not to invalidate your experience but I have never seen one with screws yet I have never heard of a back cover accidentally popping off (aside from extreme falls). My current one isn’t removable but each one before this was, and I would for years fidget with it by popping the cover on and off, and even after that it held on just fine. Though screws would regardless be more secure and that is good, I agree.
Jun 18, 2025 at 6:49pmWeb
Show threadCiderApplenTeaJun 18, 2025
We would visit family abroad multiple times a year, and so we had SIM cards for both countries. This meant popping the phone open at least 6 times a year, so it got worn down plenty. It happened very frequently that my phone spilled open when dropped, but I’m happy for you that you didn’t have the same result!
Show threadBruncvikJun 19, 2025
I still have a Samsung Galaxy S2, which has such a cover. From the beginning, the phone would lose its back cover (and the battery would fall out) whenever it hit the ground, even just from a table. I solved it with getting a thin plastic phone case, and even after 14 years the phone works just fine.
Show threadWhyJiffieJun 19, 2025
I don’t understand how can all your smartphones keep working after it repeatedly hitting the ground.
Show threadSpatchyIsOnlineJun 19, 2025
Flashback to my Galaxy Ace circa 2012 with its cheap plastic back cover that literally snapped in half, leading to me being “that kid” in school with my phone held together with tape… 😐