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

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

  • Nioxic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Its NOT just smartphones

    Its damn near everything!

    Electric cars, other electronics etc

    Some are just not “user replacable” (such as a cars batteries)

    this law will change all iPhones. It will also change all tablets, laptops, EVs, e-bikes, and anything else with a rechargeable battery

    Headphones, gaming mice, gaminh controllers. Its gonna be great

    • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The big one at the moment - at least in the UK and IMHO - is disposable vapes. I see them everywhere, just tossed on the ground or at the side of the road. The reason I see them is because of their flashing blue LEDs still running, meaning there’s at least a working battery and support circuitry in there. It’s disgusting that something like that is tolerated. I’m hopeful that the requirement to have user-replacable batteries will eliminate them by making them uneconomical compared to standard vapes.