Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027

[gregmcc]

It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027

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

www.androidauthority.com

This week, the European Council officially agreed to the new regulation. Now, the only step left is for the European Council and Parliament to sign on the dotted line. Once they do, the clock starts ticking: any manufacturer wanting to sell phones in the EU must ensure those phones have replaceable batteries by 2027.

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The European Council only has jurisdiction over Europe, obviously. So this law will not, technically, have an effect in any other area of the world.

However, that doesn’t really mean much in the grand scheme of things. Companies like Samsung, Google, Apple, etc., don’t design devices specific to Europe. Apple, for example, is not going to create a European iPhone with a replaceable battery and one for the United States without. In other words, this law will change all iPhones. It will also change all tablets, laptops, EVs, e-bikes, and anything else with a rechargeable battery.

 

[NathanDrake]

The European Council only has jurisdiction over Europe, obviously. So this law will not, technically, have an effect in any other area of the world.

However, that doesn’t really mean much in the grand scheme of things. Companies like Samsung, Google, Apple, etc., don’t design devices specific to Europe. Apple, for example, is not going to create a European iPhone with a replaceable battery and one for the United States without. In other words, this law will change all iPhones. It will also change all tablets, laptops, EVs, e-bikes, and anything else with a rechargeable battery.

Exactly why the EU Microsoft reasoning made no sense.

 

[SauRoNZA]

But they do have replaceable batteries....

I can see waterproofing becoming a whole new problem now.

 

[backstreetboy]

But they do have replaceable batteries....

I can see waterproofing becoming a whole new problem now.

The Galaxy S5 had a IP67 rating surprisingly https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5-6033.php

 

[SauRoNZA]

The Galaxy S5 had a IP67 rating surprisingly https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5-6033.php

Yeah but I wonder if it still did a year or two later.

 

[neoprema]

So people cant put their own cheap chinese rubbish knock-offs in and burn more aeroplanes...