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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
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Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe. I know it's a different scale but in the EU there's a standard connector for all electric cars (CCS Type 2 Combo) and that's become the defacto standard for most cars in most countries, but Tesla maintains their own connector in non-EU territories. I wouldn't put it past Apple is all I'm saying: controlling the charge port is very important to companies that profit from tight vertical integration.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be fair a three-phase connector doesn't make sense in the US with their bonkers electrical system where you get either 110V to neutral or -110V to +110V.

Separate DC charging standards make no sense at all, though. From what Technology Connections says Tesla at least switched the signalling to be compatible, so all you need is a physical adapter. Maybe they figured that they don't want to fight all the other manufacturers, or make additional money from non-Tesla drivers using their network, or something.

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

At least Tesla eventually allowed other car companies to use their connector.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, but we don't know how many strings are attached to that. The Tesla connector is going to be made 'open source', but that doesn't mean anything in terms of it being free to use or permissable. I hope it's being done in good faith but The Dipshit has something of a record to the contrary...