L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square476fedilinkarrow-up11.84Karrow-down125file-text
arrow-up11.82Karrow-down1external-linkAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square476fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLakesLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-21 year agoPesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
minus-squarevacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year ago Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all. I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
minus-squarenewIdentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.
minus-squareLakesLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s a fairly minor alteration though compared to the redesign required to have a removable battery …
Pesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic
Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
That’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.
That’s a fairly minor alteration though compared to the redesign required to have a removable battery …