It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027

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.
EuroNutellaMan,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

God bless the EU.

Remember to vote to keep this up next June, my fellow Europeans

b3nsn0w,
@b3nsn0w@pricefield.org avatar

hungarian here, i’ll try my best but please keep on overpowering us when we inevitably fail

0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6,
@0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social avatar

Hopefully this doesn't go the way of charging cables and we have a different battery shape for every phone... Otherwise a 2040 regulation will be to standardize battery shape(s)

Vega,
@Vega@feddit.it avatar

Battery shape (and connector) will sadly still be a thing for a long time, and usually it’s for engineering reasons, so I don’t really think it will be possible to standardize it

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