[master-lincoln]

> The battery thing doesn’t apply to water resistant devices, so doesn’t matter for iPhone/Apple Watch.

I think that is not true. If you look at article 11.2 b it talks about

"appliances specifically designed to operate primarily in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion, and that are intended to be washable or rinseable"

I don't think that applies to Apple devices. Also these special devices still need a battery replaceable by a professional.

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-2-2023-INIT...

[bombcar]

Apple Watch seems to apply (it's a dive watch at least sometimes) - but it would be a change to the iPhone to make it a dive phone.

Unlikely they'd want to develop all that just to avoid some battery redesign - the phones last so long now that they should have some headroom.