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

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.
  • joshuaacasey@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    FANTASTIC. I’m just disappointed that it’s as far away as 2027 and not 2024 or 2025 :(

    Edit: Oh, I just read this part

    By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise.

    So…I’m sure us North Americans will still get screwed with nonreplaceable batteries :(

    • darkduck77@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Not really as a design change as drastic as user exchangeable batteries means phone companies would probably rather adopt a unified design (removable batteries) than a region based design

    • Redex@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      2027 is actually pretty early for such a dramatic change, and somewhere I heard that it’s all phones sold, if that’s the case (i.e. you can’t sell old models if they don’t have easily replaceable batteries) than that is a really early date for such a law.