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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.
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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

God I love Europe so much <3

[–] _xDEADBEEF@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Although I support the idea, I'm not sure how useful this is for android phones. All android phones I've owned have long gone out of update support before the batteries have noticeably degraded.

[–] UlrikHD@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

4 years since the last update on my phone, I really don't see why I would change unless core apps like Firefox were to stop working.

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[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Will this impact water proofing?

[–] moitoi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, we have ip68 smartphone with removable battery.

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[–] Voytrekk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Are there any devices that allow a replaceable battery and wireless charging? I know battery swapping can become common, but I also do not want to lose a feature that I currently enjoy.

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 4 points 1 year ago

you could easily add a charging coil in the back of the phone and just have some contacts

my fairphone 4 already has a pair of contacts on its back, with accompanying pogo pins in the body, although i think that's just for an nfc antenna. still, the same system would totally work

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[–] muzzle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great news, now require the producers to standardise on 2 or 3 different battery shape formats!

On a side note, I wonder if there will be a market for slightly thinner phones with non replaceable batteries imported from foreign markets.

[–] s7ryph@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That was my thought, you can’t maintain the size with a user replaceable battery. A lot of people would rather have a bigger phone with a removable battery but not everyone.

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