As part of the EU’s new battery regulations, all this is set to change. The text of these regulations is one that mandates that batteries be easily removable, replaceable, and recyclable in a wide range of devices. This includes smartphones and other typical consumer appliances, as well as batteries for “light means of transport” such as e-bikes and e-scooters.
meh again I think if they want to sell phones that don’t have replaceable batteries, they should be able to do so, but consumers should choose to buy the ones that have replaceable batteries
The question becomes: “What flagship phone has a replacable battery?”
I’m iffy on it too, but the economics work out too well for the phone companies. Instead of selling a new 1200 dollar phone every couple years, they sell a 30 dollar battery. No wonder they stopped.
Yeah if they made a IPhone that was twice as fat but had a replaceable battery and sold it along side the current offering I’m sure people would overwhelmingly favor the user replaceable battery model.
The companies are working together to keep expensive phones non user serviceable.
interesting dilemma, if the market would generally not offer replaceable batteries, would that be a bad thing?
Because I’d then say, well the consumer should choose the company or companies that offer repairable batteries.
idk there are some discussions to be had here I think. Because some technology might die before you need to replace a battery and then it could all just be recycled. I’m generally for replaceable batteries and try to support those projects. But I wonder if there’s more to the story to think about. And freedom allows people to not do “eco-friendly” things if they don’t want, like the companies don’t have to have repairable items.
at this point eu might as well make the headphone jack mandatory…
As it should be
