L4sBotMB to [email protected]English • 11 months agoAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.commessage-square410fedilinkarrow-up11.84Kfile-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-211 months agoPesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months ago Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all. I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoThat’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoThat’s a fairly minor alteration though compared to the redesign required to have a removable battery …
Pesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic
Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
That’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.
That’s a fairly minor alteration though compared to the redesign required to have a removable battery …