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The EU requires phone makers to fit 'readily removable' batteries from next year — but there may be a notable exception (www.techradar.com)
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[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 month ago

Indeed, it looks as though Apple may not have to worry at all: as noted on Reddit, batteries that can maintain an 80% capacity level after 1,000 cycles aren't covered by the new rulings. Apple meets that standard, as per its official support documents, on models starting from the iPhone 15 that launched in 2023.

[-] sanzky@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago

and even with that, recent iphones are way easier to repair than a few years ago. I would not say anyone can do it, but it’s definitely easier than before when you basically had to disassemble the whole thing

[-] who@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

batteries that can maintain an 80% capacity level after 1,000 cycles aren’t covered by the new rulings.

So most people who want to reclaim 100% capacity after 2-3 years of use won't be able to do it themselves. How disappointing.

[-] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

I have a Samsung with over 1100 charges and a capacity of 88%. Well beyond needing its battery to be replaceable.

All flagships probably meet this standard.

(The biggest exception is probably super-slim phones, but they would lose that one feature if they got made compliant.)

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