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It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Now we just need headphone jacks and SD cards and lineageos support and my dream phone will be mandated.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not having SD card is real painful.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Between basic storage being so much larger than it used to be (the 4-8GB days were brutal) and USB-C flash drives that can plug into your charging port, I seldom miss them these days

Still sucks that they removed them as an option though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Xperia phones have headphone jacks and SD cards. Pretty sure you can install lineage on them as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Your force open drivers would be really cool.

[–] pacjo 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a fan of xiaomi (even though it's my daily driver), but most of their phones fit your needs. In the past I used redmi note 4, note 9 pro and now note 10 pro and they've all been great.

Custom roms community really is something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Had bad luck with China phones being open before, but when the time comes I'll have to take a look.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I pretty much stopped using my phone for audio when they got rid of the headphone jack.

Wireless headphones still aren't great and most are uncomfortable. It's super annoying keeping them charged and they are so expensive when you consider how short their lifespan is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I listen to certain YouTube videos to get to sleep and have for years and years. Wireless ear buds just aren't in the cards for something like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm in a similar boat. The only time I do plug in headphones (via the usb port) is on nights I'm having a very hard time fall asleep. But I do that at the expense of being able to charge my phone πŸ˜”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Man, that sucks. One of the other things for me is that you can buy decent headphones for like seven bucks with a 3.5mm jack. Most USB headsets are going to be a lot more expensive.

Does your phone support qi charging? That could be a solution if it does.