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EU will require removable batteries from 2027 (www.consilium.europa.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

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[–] PreciousPig@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How do they define "removable"? Most batteries can be removed with enough effort. Good initiative though.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do they define “removable”? Most batteries can be removed with enough effort.

Apple: Are you challenging me?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Non-genuine Apple sticker detected, pls buy new iPhone ASAP

[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Article 38:

A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it.

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-2-2023-INIT/en/pdf

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge

Does that mean manufacturers will be able to get away with shit like this?

[–] procrastinator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did they ship it free of charge? If so, I guess yes then

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Apple tools require thermal energy.

[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, some very specialized tools are commercially available. In fact, i'm not sure what kind of tool is so special that you can't buy it at all, outside of science and advanced measurements and such.

[–] procrastinator@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Basically every tool for repairing an iPhone (especially to fix the part serialization)

[–] Willer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Samsung provide me thermal energy pls

[–] UnstuckinTime@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it just requires common tools, I do not think it's required to be hot swappable without any tools. But so far the final version of The legislation has not been written. The language you so far in reports is pretty vague.

[–] UnstuckinTime@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think what they're trying to do is prevent people from using multiple different types of screws or proprietary screws. Or making it impossible to get to the battery without first removing other parts like the motherboard or the speakers etc...

I think they want to make it so anybody with a screwdriver can remove a battery if they get enough time. I don't think the requiring that the battery's literally be hot swappable although I would like to see it this budget phones go back to that.

[–] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully we can see some phones come to market without gobs of adhesive holding them together. It'd be great if I could actually open my phone with just a screwdriver. I truly don't mind seeing screws on my device, especially since it almost instantly gets tossed into a case anyways.

[–] Metallibus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Apple: Your honor, everyone has an iScrew and a MagicHeat and an iOpener and a MagicPryer. And if they don't, we even offer a full bundle for only $300! These are very common tools.

[–] baked_tea@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

First sentence of article preview mentions removable and replaceable