Comment by jdboyd
7 hours ago
I certainly understand the value of replaceable batteries. OTOH, I'm concerned about what this will mean for how many common upper end phones are IP67 submersion rated. I don't want that to go back to being a feature only of clunky super expensive phones, and I would rather have IP67 over a replaceable battery.
Now, if I'm lucky, they will mandate both a replaceable battery and that the phones be ip55 or better, after battery replacement.
Yeah great
“let’s just pass a law that says ‘no trade offs’, problem solved”
You will need to have a factory to replace the battery and also run tests to prove that the phone still works with water then
"I would rather have IP67 over a replaceable battery"
Not me, and not most people.
Have you done a survey?
You read this in some report right? (surely the same report the EU read to justify this law). So got a link for us?