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European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)

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Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...

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[–] holo_nexus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s going to be interesting to see how companies adjust to this. Also interesting if water proofing will still be possible.

[–] MiscreantMouse@forum.fail 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, the Galaxy S5 was waterproof (IP67) and had a removable battery... so it should be very possible. I think this was always a BS argument, mostly just a facile excuse for a consumer-hostile decision.

[–] gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, waterproof phones existed back when most smartphones had removable batteries, claiming that making the battery non-replaceable was necessary for waterproofing was always a lie to justify making phones more disposable