With the launch of the first iPhone, Some impressive news were coming to the mobile marketbecause it was the first successful smartphone in the industry, and marked the way forward for many of the companies that at that time only sold “non-smart” mobiles.
However, as part of this direction, we found non-interchangeable batteries, something that the industry initially opposed, but that has finally ended with a whole catalog of smartphones with batteries hidden behind glass and adhesive that, in most cases, they encourage more to replace the terminal completely when the battery fails.
As we read in Extreme Techa new proposal from the European Union wants to fight against thispotentially bringing easily swappable batteries back to our smartphones, although it has not been specified how easy it should be to be legal. In additionthe law would force manufacturers to accept batteries for recyclingsomething that will affect more than smartphones.
For example, laptops or even electric vehicles would also be quite affected by it, since the replacement and management of the batteries of these vehicles should be facilitated, something that, while relatively done, is still a sore spot for its owners.
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Jordi Bercial
Avid technology and electronics enthusiast. I tinkered with computer components almost since I could walk. I started working at Geeknetic after winning a contest on their forum for writing hardware articles. Drift, mechanics and photography lover. Do not hesitate and leave a comment on my articles if you have any questions.