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

  • sneezy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Remember that consumers expect certain things from smartphones nowadays, which will mean that OEMs can’t just go back to the old way of doing things. An IP68 rating would be very difficult to obtain while still offering a premium-feeling device with an easily replaceable battery, for example. These are hurdles OEMs will need to get over to be in compliance.

    this is straight-up BS. there were many phones with ip68 and user-replacable batteries back when sealing the battery in a phone was frowned upon. not all but many.

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      1 year ago

      The EU almost forced the phone industry to start using standardised/interchangeable batteries.

      If the batteries cost as much as a new phone, they’ll reconsider that decision.

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        1 year ago

        It’s so dumb that a standard hasn’t been developed yet. Like AA/C/D, 18650 batteries, etc. They could have modular batteries with different sizes and capacities that work interchangeably.

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          1 year ago

          It took forty years for aa batteries to become a standard. They were a trademark type by I think everready.