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The EU requires phone makers to fit 'readily removable' batteries from next year — but there may be a notable exception (www.techradar.com)

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[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Indeed, it looks as though Apple may not have to worry at all: as noted on Reddit, batteries that can maintain an 80% capacity level after 1,000 cycles aren't covered by the new rulings. Apple meets that standard, as per its official support documents, on models starting from the iPhone 15 that launched in 2023.

[–] sanzky@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

and even with that, recent iphones are way easier to repair than a few years ago. I would not say anyone can do it, but it’s definitely easier than before when you basically had to disassemble the whole thing