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Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Gone Too Far (www.theatlantic.com)
submitted 3 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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Non-paywall link: https://12ft.io/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/07/too-many-lithium-ion-batteries/679302/

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It'll soon be illegal in the EU. If I remember correctly, all handhelds need to have removable batteries.

Here's the legislation.

[–] Peffse 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's like I cursed myself. THE DAY AFTER posting this I found out that the enclosed battery in my phone is swelling, and I have no method to remove it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Very important use case as well. Safety.

That's hopefully also something new battery tech will fix in the future, like solid state batteries.

But there's probably still a few years before those are cheap enough to put in reasonable priced phones.