It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:
The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.
Lolololol is hard to take anytime seriously when they argue dumb strawmen like that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Remote!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Do I carry the remote around in my pockets all day? Jesus Christ lol, if the answer to that is yes then I wouldn’t mind at all trading off one minor inconvenience every 3 years for a better form factor. And being small isn’t an beauty thing. It’s more god damned practical.
I don’t see the strawman? And it’s more than just the ‘oh it’s only once every 3 years’. It’s the environment. Why are we making phones to be replaced needlessly every 2 or 3 years and all the waste that comes with it when you should just be able to replace the one common failure point?
They don’t need to be replaced. They need 30 minutes of handy work that cost $10 if you can’t do it yourself.
Except that doesn’t happen, no matter how much you want it to.
And you think forcing everyone to have removable batteries is going to stop that? It’s never been about cost. It’s about having the latest features.
What is so different about my Pexel7a that’s any different to my 5?
Nothing that I even notice. Except for missing convenience such as the rear finger sensor.
And that’s the same for most models.
In fact in a desperate bid to make phones exciting again, manufacturers are trying to bring back the folding concept. And that’s just going to be a total fad since it doesn’t actually bring anything functional to the market.
Better camera, better battery life, better screen, latest versions of GA with the most up to date features (eg sleep data). The jump from 60 to 90 or 120 is a huge quality of life improvement.