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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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[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (11 children)

User choice is always good, but for me, I prefer the water resistance rather than a swappable battery.

[–] Jacobp100@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, if you keep a phone for 5-6 years, you usually only have to change the battery once. I reckon the dust hasn’t settled on this though - I think there will be compromise where battery replacements are cheaper, but still need to be done by a professional

[–] IsThisLemmyOpen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

I think we can have a law that says if a device does not have resistance against water submersion, it must have replaceable batteries.

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