Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      The EU almost forced the phone industry to start using standardised/interchangeable batteries.

      If the batteries cost as much as a new phone, they’ll reconsider that decision.

      • Altima NEO
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        51 year ago

        It’s so dumb that a standard hasn’t been developed yet. Like AA/C/D, 18650 batteries, etc. They could have modular batteries with different sizes and capacities that work interchangeably.

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        31 year ago

        From what I got from the article posted a few days ago, I believe it is by large a sustainability/climate effort, targeting all kinds of industry machinery batteries as well as phones. There is likely a bonus for end user usability, but that is relatively incidental.