▲ 26 ▼ It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 3 years ago by reclipse@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL;DR The European Council has ended its adoption procedure for rules related to phones with replaceable batteries. By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise. The regulation intends to introduce a circular economy for batteries.
[–] DeanFogg@lemm.ee 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) We really should just adopt the "best one" that becomes the standard. Only change it with significant advancement permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It depends on the layout of the phone though. Size of camera module, placement of fingerprint sensors, other sensors/modules, heat sinks. You name it, really. As such the batteries tend to be oddly shaped, and even spread out in different places to get as much battery in as possible. The “best one” differs from phone to phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I‘ve had a couple dozen different phone batteries in my hand. It’s really not that complicated if you have to make it work. Sure, manufacturers will yell that they couldn’t make their 27 lenses at the edge of the case work. I say make them 16:9 in 5 different sizes and manufacturers can work around that, end of story. New sizes can be adopted if the benefit for everyone outweighs the cost. permalink fedilink source parent [–] richardwonka@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago There isn’t one “best one”. Always depends on requirements, which vary by device, underlying technology and use case. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It depends on the layout of the phone though. Size of camera module, placement of fingerprint sensors, other sensors/modules, heat sinks. You name it, really. As such the batteries tend to be oddly shaped, and even spread out in different places to get as much battery in as possible. The “best one” differs from phone to phone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I‘ve had a couple dozen different phone batteries in my hand. It’s really not that complicated if you have to make it work. Sure, manufacturers will yell that they couldn’t make their 27 lenses at the edge of the case work. I say make them 16:9 in 5 different sizes and manufacturers can work around that, end of story. New sizes can be adopted if the benefit for everyone outweighs the cost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 years ago I‘ve had a couple dozen different phone batteries in my hand. It’s really not that complicated if you have to make it work. Sure, manufacturers will yell that they couldn’t make their 27 lenses at the edge of the case work. I say make them 16:9 in 5 different sizes and manufacturers can work around that, end of story. New sizes can be adopted if the benefit for everyone outweighs the cost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] richardwonka@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago There isn’t one “best one”. Always depends on requirements, which vary by device, underlying technology and use case. permalink fedilink source parent