What do you mean only if it has no internal battery? This will make it so they can’t fuse a battery in place and call it internal. It has to be removable.
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Scribbd@feddit.nl 11 months agoIt states that any battery should be removable and replaceable by the user. So this slap on tactic will only work if your device has no internal battery.
I also noticed this is for all batteries. Not just phones, but also cars etc.
aulin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Scribbd@feddit.nl 11 months ago
That is what I meant?
That it is nice the op has a battery-case for their phone, but that it will not fly under the new law unless the phone has no internal battery.
aulin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You mean an internal battery in addition to a main removable one? Sorry if I’m being dense.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Replaceable by user” has a lot of wiggle room. It could still be a 20-minute process that risks damaging other parts and requires specialized tools.
If phones are to keep their water resistance, they almost certainly won’t be topless, and will involve swapping out gaskets. It’ll be something you can do to replace a failed battery, not a quick swap because you went camping for the weekend and threw an extra battery in the bag since there are no outlets.
red@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Could you read and understand the information behind the link before replying with nonsense?
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“User replaceable” just means that they have to make it possible, not easy.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Usually legislation is intentionally vague like that, ultimately courts will decide what that really means in practice.
It will end up being just reasonable. Any person can have a reasonable expectation that they will be able to replace the battery with a reasonable amount of time and effort, with readily available tools, with a reasonable amount of guidance.
If you were a judge would you say that it’s reasonable to expect people to be able to replace soldered components on their phones?
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
None of that addresses his point that “removable by the user” is not clearly defined. I didn’t see any definition for it in the link you posted.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, Apples replacement kit requires like 11k deposit and comes in two 75 pound pelican cases.