Arlen Holder
2020-02-28 03:40:39 UTC
Dateline today...
While I love my new $100 Moto G7 I wish the battery was user replaceable
like my $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus was, and my Samsung Galaxy S3 before that.
Based on this news from yesterday & today, the laws may be such that
Apple's bullshit stance on "waste" recycling (that only an apologist would
stoop so low as to believe) will actually be the truth for once, if this
new upcoming reputed law ever gets enacted (for all phones, Android
included).
While the rumored law is a long way off by all accounts, what it would mean
could be that all new phones sold in the EU might be forced to be far more
recycling friendly on both the batteries and the charging equipment.
o All new iPhones might be forced to have a removable battery
<https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/all-new-iphones-might-be-forced-to-have-a-removable-battery>
"all brands wanting to sell in the EU would have to make sure each
phone has a battery that can be removed by the user - and that
even would include Apple, the company most resistant to legislation
around its iPhone designs, if attempts to make it change ports
in the past is anything to go by."
o MacRumors: Leaked Documents Suggest Apple Could Be Forced to Build
iPhones With User-Removable Batteries in Europe
<https://www.macrumors.com/2020/02/27/apple-removable-batteries-europe/>
"any smartphone brand wanting to sell a handheld in the EU,
including Apple, would have to ensure that every device
on the market has a user-removable battery"
"Apple has always made its iPhones with non-removable batteries"
In addition:
"The European Parliament wants one charger to fit all smartphones,
tablets, and other portable devices, with the likely candidate
to be USB-C."
Notice that Apple has the "courage" to remove the useful headphone jack,
but no courage at all when it comes to making the battery removable.
While I love my new $100 Moto G7 I wish the battery was user replaceable
like my $130 LG Stylo 3 Plus was, and my Samsung Galaxy S3 before that.
Based on this news from yesterday & today, the laws may be such that
Apple's bullshit stance on "waste" recycling (that only an apologist would
stoop so low as to believe) will actually be the truth for once, if this
new upcoming reputed law ever gets enacted (for all phones, Android
included).
While the rumored law is a long way off by all accounts, what it would mean
could be that all new phones sold in the EU might be forced to be far more
recycling friendly on both the batteries and the charging equipment.
o All new iPhones might be forced to have a removable battery
<https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/all-new-iphones-might-be-forced-to-have-a-removable-battery>
"all brands wanting to sell in the EU would have to make sure each
phone has a battery that can be removed by the user - and that
even would include Apple, the company most resistant to legislation
around its iPhone designs, if attempts to make it change ports
in the past is anything to go by."
o MacRumors: Leaked Documents Suggest Apple Could Be Forced to Build
iPhones With User-Removable Batteries in Europe
<https://www.macrumors.com/2020/02/27/apple-removable-batteries-europe/>
"any smartphone brand wanting to sell a handheld in the EU,
including Apple, would have to ensure that every device
on the market has a user-removable battery"
"Apple has always made its iPhones with non-removable batteries"
In addition:
"The European Parliament wants one charger to fit all smartphones,
tablets, and other portable devices, with the likely candidate
to be USB-C."
Notice that Apple has the "courage" to remove the useful headphone jack,
but no courage at all when it comes to making the battery removable.
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NOTE: I point out Apple's hypocrisy because Apple MARKETING is the one who
makes a big deal of their recycling stance, which, as is all things Apple,
more (admittedly clever) marketing than truth, IMHO.
NOTE: I point out Apple's hypocrisy because Apple MARKETING is the one who
makes a big deal of their recycling stance, which, as is all things Apple,
more (admittedly clever) marketing than truth, IMHO.