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European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

The main problem with Fairphone is... It won't come to the US. However, I am very happy that this will affect Apple, because I am making the switch from Android to iOS. I know that Apple won't be stupid enough to have two separate plants, one to make EU Compatible phones, and one to make Global phones.

The costs for such a thing would be inordinately high even for Apple.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago*

    It’ll be interesting to see what Apple does, between this and the USB-C mandate.

    Considering they currently sell multiple phone form factors, they may just decide that the EU gets more expensive phones with removable batteries and USB-C, and the rest of the world continues to get what they’ve got.

    Also, I’ll be interested to see how “removable” gets defined. I’ve replaced iPhone batteries, so they’re technically removable.

    Or, Apple might claim that their MagSafe battery packs make them compliant.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    Nah, the main problem of the FairPhone is it's water resistance. Which is the lowest of low. Not quite sustainable in that regard: youre always one wet pocket away from disaster.

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