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It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I never had to change my phone because of something other than the battery

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I could see someone wanting to change their display glass and if that's not feasible due to availability or cost I could see that as a valid reason for a new phone but I agree that the battery is by far the biggest reason to change a phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never had to change my phone because of battery issues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How often do you up date and what for then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure how long I had the S4, a few years I guess. Started with android 4.3 and dropped it some time after 6 was current (which I couldn’t get). My Fairphone 2 broke, not that long for that one. The iPhone 6s lasted about 5 years, my 12 is still going strong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not OP, but I'd just replace the battery. Why get rid of an otherwise perfectly good phone? I still use my OP6 as a backup phone, replaced it's battery recently and installed a new ROM and it flies. Could be mistaken for a brand new phone, if one didn't know any better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I have a Note 9 That's not my primary phone by a long shot but I do not want to get rid of it because it's a really unique phone and has a lot of cool features to use as a standalone music player or something.

But the battery is at 75% health. And I just can't decide if it's worth trying to fix it myself which has a pretty high degree of difficulty for someone that's never done it. Or do I spend 60 bucks --when you can find refurbs for well under $200.

Or just a retire the phone completely. But I absolutely prefer the Note 9 to the s23 ultra, outside of the failing battery and the lack of security patches.