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.
  • damnYouSun
    1·
    1 year ago

    That is way more complicated than not should be.

    Why should I put up with that rather than just taken the back off and pop it out?

    • drathvedro@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 year ago

      Less weight, less thickness, increased durability, reduced cost.

      The downsides are:

      • You can’t carry spares (Just use a power bank)
      • You’ll have to pay like $30 to swap the battery (You probably never would, worst case scenario is you’d do it twice over phone’s lifetime)
      • damnYouSun
        1·
        1 year ago

        Please explain why a phone would need to weigh more, be less durable and be thicker simply because it has a usable replaceable battery. The battery would surely be the same size and regardless.

        • drathvedro@lemm.ee
          21·
          1 year ago

          Sure. A typical pillow battery that is in your phone is bendable, gets damaged easily and is in general a fire hazard. So, to make it usable by consumers it needs to have at least some casing around it. In addition, you effectively need two back covers - one for phone internals and another for the battery. If you’ve had an older phone you know what im talking about. For durability, that’s a bit out of ass but what Ive learned from experience is that durability is not about thick cases and rubber pads, but rather, it’s all about weight - the lighter the phone is the less likely it is to crack from a fall, and all that extra bulk would likely make it more fragile.