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

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.
    • Blxter
      18•1 year ago

      Indeed in the article it says all battery powered devices… Does that also mean somehow headphones(wireless) earbuds, watches, etc

      • @dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        7•1 year ago

        They have standard lithium ion sizes that are tiny; there’s no reason why they couldn’t add threading to earbuds so that you could unscrew them.

    • b3nsn0w
      1•1 year ago

      i really hope the framework already qualifies, would suck to lose that upgrade path