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.
I mean a current iPhone has way more horsepower than a Lg V20. And a lot more features inside as well. Also many phones have multi-cell batteries in order to improve charging time and durability, how you plan to do that swappable?
Having the UE telling brands how to design phones is already over-regulating.
@traveler01 @ethd I think you may have a point buuut.
If you can replace a battery super easy your probably more likely to have the same device for longer thus reducing e waste.
Also it would have been better to force fully repairable phones I’m sure this is step 1 we are seeing now.
They should make less expensive to repair in my opinion. Also, if EU want so bad to reduce e-waste it should make repair shops tax exempt, plus the parts. It’s already mandatory for brands to supply parts for about 10 years as far as I know, the repair price just needs to get cheaper.