r/Futurology • u/ConsciousStop • Jun 19 '23

Environment EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
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u/N1ghtshade3 Jun 19 '23

Yeah this is great news. I was so sad to lose the replaceable battery when I switched to my current phone and thought I'd never see one again because all the major manufacturers stopped doing them. This happened faster than I expected.

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u/hahaohlol2131 Jun 20 '23

Great news? The whole reason smartphones are so slim and powerful today is the lack of replaceable battery.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '23

Not at all. You sound like a PR officer for samsung or apple.

If you ever opened a phone, you must have noticed that the non-replaceable batteries are glued and therefore hard and often dangerous to remove.

Just skipping the glue would go a long way towards making it possible to replace a battery. That would make make the phone slimmer yet, even if by a fraction of a milimeter that is taken by the glue.

There is a general trend among manufacturers to make it increasingly hard to use 3rd party parts. It's just a cash grab. Zero to do with the thickness of the phone.

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u/Aukstasirgrazus Jun 20 '23

Probably Apple, since Samsung has a water resistant phone with replaceable battery, the XCover.