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The EU smartphone repairability law will take effect on 20 June (energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu)
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Manufacturers will be required to offer spare parts and publish security updates for an extended period. Energy labels will show a repairability index as well as energy efficiency.

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[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

No requirements on replaceable batteries? That's the main thing that's missing here. That and making the USB-C port easy to repair, and suddenly you no longer need new phones, just extended software support and repairs.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

User replaceable batteries are a part of the new battery directive and will be in force from sometime in 2027 if I recall correctly.

[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

No requirements on replaceable batteries?

Its in there. At least for phones without a high enough waterproof rating

making the USB-C port easy to repair

As far as I know it should be in there too, or at least a „make significant parts replaceable”

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Its in there. At least for phones without a high enough waterproof rating

Gonna guess all the phone manufacturers will coincidentally determine that waterproofing is a feature desperately needed by the European market on all tiers.

Also won't affect iPhones since they're already all "waterproof."

[-] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know if the changes coming into affect today have something different about replaceable batteries, but the 2027 replaceable battery requirement has this as the exemption:

Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following products incorporating portable batteries may be designed in such a way as to make the battery removable and replaceable only by independent professionals:

(a) appliances specifically designed to operate primarily in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion, and that are intended to be washable or rinseable;

(b) professional medical imaging and radiotherapy devices, as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746.

The only thing there Apple could even pretend is "washable or rinsable", and I'd be shocked* if they could get away with that.

*not that shocked

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Wait, really? I'd love to see replaceable batteries make a comeback, but something tells me that companies will prefer to up the water resistance instead.

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