Manufacturers will be required to offer spare parts and publish security updates for an extended period. Energy labels will show a repairability index as well as energy efficiency.
Manufacturers will be required to offer spare parts and publish security updates for an extended period. Energy labels will show a repairability index as well as energy efficiency.
No requirements on replaceable batteries? That’s the main thing that’s missing here. That and making the USB-C port easy to repair, and suddenly you no longer need new phones, just extended software support and repairs.
User replaceable batteries are a part of the new battery directive and will be in force from sometime in 2027 if I recall correctly.
Its in there. At least for phones without a high enough waterproof rating
As far as I know it should be in there too, or at least a „make significant parts replaceable”
Gonna guess all the phone manufacturers will coincidentally determine that waterproofing is a feature desperately needed by the European market on all tiers.
Also won’t affect iPhones since they’re already all “waterproof.”
Wait, really? I’d love to see replaceable batteries make a comeback, but something tells me that companies will prefer to up the water resistance instead.