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All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027
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Thank you EU for making life better for literally everyone
they'll still block access to the battery in the US.
They didn't bother making a non-USB C iPhone for the US because it was easier to have one model. Could easily be the same. Plus the it's hard to argue they couldn't do it when they have done it in the EU.
Oh, you don't understand. US customers expect their phones to survive one month at a water depth of 11 km, so sadly it is impossible to let them have easily repairable batteries ... /s
I mean, it would still be possible to get an iPhone with a removable battery.
import? in this economy? with these tariffs?
At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
Companies will just make EU specific devices and continue to fuck over the rest of us
This would require them to sacrifice significant economies of scale. With past EU legislation like this what has mostly happened is most devices are pretty much the same for the entire world, but some region-specific devices won't be compliant because they were never intended for sale in the EU in the first place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect