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EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment

appleinsider.com EU works on new 'Right to Repair' rules for sustainable batteries

The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will not just require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs, but it will also mandate how much of a battery must be reclaimable after recycling.

The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs.

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  • For me, it's not about being able to replace the battery more quickly, but instead being able to take out a battery that's decided it's not happy being size zero and would rather embrace its inner plus size lifestyle. Strangely enough, an enclosed device isn't happy when a sealed-in battery decides it wants to take up 3 times the space that's been allocated in the device for it.

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