L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square407fedilinkarrow-up11.77Karrow-down126file-text
arrow-up11.75Karrow-down1external-linkAll smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EUmashable.comL4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square407fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@LakesLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-21 year agoPesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
minus-square@vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year ago Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all. I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThat’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.
Pesky EU throwing their weight around giving consumers more rights! --Brexiteer logic
Oh well hopefully we’ll (UK) still benefit from it. Easier to design one phone than “EU” and “Rest of world” versions after all.
I mean … sometimes those companies consider it preferable to actually have two versions.
That’s already happening though. The US version of the IPhone doesn’t have a physical Sim while the “rest of the world” version does.