European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

3 years ago by fej to c/europe

Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...

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CaptainJanegay 3 points 3 years ago

This is great news, but I hope they also take steps to incentivise manufacturers to actually sell the batteries. Sure, you can get them on ebay, but the quality is variable.

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