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Feels like, as per usual, people haven’t read the source text.[1] In order to ensure that portable batteries that were incorporated into appliances are subject
by robin_reala 3y ago
Feels like, as per usual, people haven’t read the source text.[1]
In order to ensure that portable batteries that were incorporated into appliances are subject to separate collection, treatment and high quality recycling once those appliances become waste, provisions to ensure the removability and replaceability of batteries in such appliances are necessary. Consumer safety should be ensured, in line with Union law and in particular Union safety standards, during the removal of portable batteries from or the replacement of portable batteries in an appliance. A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it. Commercially available tools are considered to be tools available on the market to all end-users without the need for them to provide evidence of any proprietary rights and that can be used with no restriction, except health and safety-related restrictions.
Nothing stopping manufacturers from using normal fasteners and gaskets to comply while retaining water resistance etc.
[1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0237_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0237...
- ajaimk 3y agoPretty sure the iPhone 14 already satisfies this requirement
- randomfinn 3y ago> A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it. Doesn't it still require heat to undo the glue?
- Retr0id 3y agoNo, they have pull-tabs (although they do often snap, requiring heat and/or IPA to loosen the adhesive)
- charrondev 3y agoOnly the 14 though IIRC. The 14 Pro is just like the old ones and is one the most complex phones to perform a repair on.
- cududa 3y agoCorrect. The 14 regular has the new design, CAD leaks indicate the 15 Pro will get it too. Two screws and a plunger get you access to both an easily replaceable screen and the battery. Really is an astonishing design. https://www.ifixit.com/News/64865/iphone-14-teardown https://www.ifixit.com/News/64865/iphone-14-teardown
- jacknews 3y agoExactly, the subheading 'Sleek slabs could soon be a thing of the past' is bogus. This is not a requirement to have 'cartridge' user-replaceable batteries, just that you should be able to open the phone and remove the battery (not much emphasis on actually replacing it) with easily available tools, rather than heatguns, solvents, proprietary glass-pullers etc.
- jenadine 3y agoAre heatguns and solvents not "commercially available tools"?
- ncallaway 3y agoPretty sure heatguns would qualify as "thermal energy", and solvents would be...well solvents. > ... or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it.
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- littlestymaar 3y agoSee the “and” in the original text (emphasis mine) > with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools […], or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it.
- pmontra 3y agoThe only non compliance for my Samsung A40 is the glue: it holds the cover to the body of the phone and the battery to the back of the screen. Everything else is a dozen of small screws and cabling. Do without the glue and everybody can replace the battery. Was the old times 5 seconds battery replacement better? Yes.
- Nemo_bis 3y agoThere's also a summary in the press release: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230609IPR96210/making-batteries-more-sustainable-more-durable-and-better-performing https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230609IP...