[stanislavb]

What about an iPhone. Can you change the battery without specialized tools?

[Daneel_]

From 2027 onwards the answer will need to be yes, as a result of these standards.

[darkwater]

And this time the whole world can thank the EU, Apple is definitely not going to create a special iPhone hardware just for us.

[macintux]

Or curse the EU, if the compromises necessary to make the battery replaceable result in a less robust product.

[darkwater]

If you don't care about e-waste and repairability, of course.

[macintux]

If the phone is less waterproof or otherwise breaks more frequently, it could result in more e-waste.

[fragmede]

Except they do. Theres country specific variations of the iPhone, with Hong Kong being the special region that got dual sim.

[dspillett]

Or Apple will throw a hissy fit¹, stop selling them directly here, but get the sales anyway as people will buy them elsewhere and import to sell on the grey market.

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[1] Though last time they did that, disabling existing features in response to the app stores decision, they backed down PDQ, so maybe that threat would have no weight.