Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

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The legislation allows that. It just says that batteries have to be available and replaceable by non-specialists using standard tools. Think a small torx screwdriver, maybe a spudger, no glue type of situation and definitely no soldering or crypto-locking batteries to the mainboard and CPU so even specialists can’t replace stuff without signing their first-born to the manufacturer (hello Apple).

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Some make the argument that batteries are already replaceable if you get the right tools, but it’s not even a matter of making it possible.

I think it’s more about making it so you aren’t voiding your warranty and that the option is there.

Otherwise you replaced your battery and they decide they will never offer any support for your phone because you dared touch it.

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