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European Parliament passed a change to a law that will force replaceable batteries on all gadgets, including smartphones.
By law, phones in the EU by 2027 will need to have batteries you can replace with no tools, which means no adhesives.
This could fundamentally change how smartphones are designed.
Obviously, this law only affects the EU, but OEMs wouldn’t likely design phones specifically for the EU. Just like with an EU law forcing Apple to bring USB-C to iPhones (which will likely happen this year), this EU-specific law will have ripples across the world.
I think it's s great news. Phones and other gadgets cost way too much but any unauthorized repairs are prohibited by their makers.
BTW: there is already a "Right to repair" class-action against Apple...
Off the top of my head, not many, but one possible drawback is that manufacturers can offload the cost of a battery failure onto the customer more easily while maintaining a phone's warranty, by adding an exclusion clause. (This would obviously not go over so well if the battery was nearly impossible to replace.) Once this happens, then there would be less of an incentive for manufacturers to make durable batteries since the customer would be paying for the new batteries. The result might be that better battery tech would be available, but not implemented.
Off the top of my head, not many, but one possible drawback is that manufacturers can offload the cost of a battery failure onto the customer more easily while maintaining a phone's warranty, by adding an exclusion clause. (This would obviously not go over so well if the battery was nearly impossible to replace.) Once this happens, then there would be less of an incentive for manufacturers to make durable batteries since the customer would be paying for the new batteries. The result might be that better battery tech would be available, but not implemented.
MUCH larger form factor (bigger, heavier). Less (or no) waterproofing. Dumb all around. Batteries are already replaceable.
USB-C on the other hand, I support.
Agreed on both counts.
Phones got smaller and more structurally secured when it became harder to swap batteries. And, batteries last for a day or more, with durability over several years.
Plus, fast charging means I don't carry a spare battery to pop in like I did several years ago.
I’m curious… how would you, personally, use this “feature”?
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