Comment on All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU

Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• June@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I prefer ip68 to easily accessible battery. I’ll need to change my battery maybe once every 3 years, but I need to know it can handle moisture far more often than that.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I prefer ip68 to easily accessible battery

    You can have both. My Galaxy XCover 6Pro is ip68 rated.

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    • Comment105@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This is why I want replaceable batteries in small EVs like bikes and such, too. And why I have thought for a while that it would be nice to have at least 20% or so of electric car batteries be replacable with a moderately large rack in the “frunk” or trunk. But that’s just me.

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      • __dev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Most of the ebikes and motor scooters I’ve seen have removable batteries. Gogoro in India even has a battery swapping network for their scooters.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This isn’t a replacement, but I have said for years now that someone needs to market a rentable tow-behind or rooftop battery sort of like U-Hauls for extra capacity needed for longer trips.

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  • smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can be done with screws and rubber seal, no need for glue and glass.

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I prefer ip68 to easily accessible battery.

    All it needs is that little rubber band, and you have to handle it carefully when closing the lid.

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  • afunkysongaday@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Passt those Brands are not your friends and might lie about their reasons to make batteries non-removable.

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  • exu@feditown.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Any moderately well built phone won’t die just because you took it out in the rain.

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  • Coffeemonkepants@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have a handheld marine vhf radio with a removable battery that I can throw in the ocean and it will work and continue to work for days. Don’t believe the bs the manufacturers tell you.

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• rab@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ya the only reason I get new phones is because the battery gets too weak. I could easily keep the same device for 5+ years if I could swap batteries

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  • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You can. It cost $15 every three years to have someone replace the battery for you or you can spend the hour doing it yourself.

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    • rab@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On a pixel phone?

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      • ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes. $15 and an hour. You can bring in your own battery or pay ~$60 USD for an official one. It’s all very easy.

        This law won’t change shit. People are still going to dump their phone every 2 year.

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• bric@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hopefully they next mandate that it has to be able to be taken apart with a screwdriver

  It does include that, mostly. It says that any tools that aren’t commonly available without proprietary rights or restrictions (i.e. screwdrivers) have to be provided by the manufacturers free of charge

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