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.
On the surface that sounds good, but wouldn’t that put a hamper on battery innovation?
Usb is a de-facto standard and are we still using usb 1.1?