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.
Every phone is a compromise, size, weight, how much space you use for battery, how much for ports, how much for easy accessibility. As I understand it, I won’t be able to get one that sacrifices easy accessibility for the other stuff. I just hope the compromises won’t be too bad.
I don’t think they will be big compromises. I mean they use batteries anyways, so the ability to change them easily won’t be that big of a deal. They managed to do that in the past and just decided that it’s more profitable to glue them in
I hope so, but a sturdier packaging for the battery with a solid connector, space for a bunch of screws, reusable gasket instead of just glue etc. all takes some space.