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

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

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 years 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@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      2 years 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.

    • voliol@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      41·
      2 years 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.