2023-06-19 16:29:49
For many years, smartphone batteries were easily accessible to users: it was enough to remove the back cover, and the device’s battery was already in front of us, which might be easily replaced in case of damage. However, over time, more and more manufacturers began to follow a new trend, and for various reasons, primarily due to size and design requirements, the batteries might no longer be removed from the device. Nowadays, it is practically impossible to find a smartphone with a removable back cover and access to the battery. The European Union has long voiced its desire to return to a system of easily accessible (and replaceable) batteries for users, so it looks like the EU will meet soon to discuss the issue. Among the planned measures are stricter control of waste collection, as well as a significant improvement in the recycling of production and consumer waste for use in new batteries. The alleged EU draft would ban smartphone makers from using solutions that require special tools or qualifications to open the phone’s back and access the battery compartment, essentially allowing users to replace faulty batteries in their devices themselves. We’ll have to be patient for a few more years before the new EU regulations are born and the effects can be felt, but it seems that once once more you don’t have to immediately throw away your phone when its battery is dead. It is not yet known what the smartphone manufacturers say regarding the idea and whether they will make special versions of their models for the European markets, or, on the contrary, whether the EU regulation will eventually be indirectly applied globally.
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