Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won't anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.

TL;DR

  • The European Council has ended its adoption procedure for rules related to phones with replaceable batteries.
  • By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise.
  • The regulation intends to introduce a circular economy for batteries.
  • SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
    142·
    1 year ago

    Now we just need headphone jacks and SD cards and lineageos support and my dream phone will be mandated.

    • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
      5·
      1 year ago

      I pretty much stopped using my phone for audio when they got rid of the headphone jack.

      Wireless headphones still aren’t great and most are uncomfortable. It’s super annoying keeping them charged and they are so expensive when you consider how short their lifespan is.

      • SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
        3·
        1 year ago

        I listen to certain YouTube videos to get to sleep and have for years and years. Wireless ear buds just aren’t in the cards for something like that.

        • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
          31·
          1 year ago

          I’m in a similar boat. The only time I do plug in headphones (via the usb port) is on nights I’m having a very hard time fall asleep. But I do that at the expense of being able to charge my phone 😔

          • SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net
            3·
            1 year ago

            Man, that sucks. One of the other things for me is that you can buy decent headphones for like seven bucks with a 3.5mm jack. Most USB headsets are going to be a lot more expensive.

            Does your phone support qi charging? That could be a solution if it does.

      • catharticrespite@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        1 year ago

        Between basic storage being so much larger than it used to be (the 4-8GB days were brutal) and USB-C flash drives that can plug into your charging port, I seldom miss them these days

        Still sucks that they removed them as an option though

    • serv@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 year ago

      Xperia phones have headphone jacks and SD cards. Pretty sure you can install lineage on them as well.

    • pacjo@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m not a fan of xiaomi (even though it’s my daily driver), but most of their phones fit your needs. In the past I used redmi note 4, note 9 pro and now note 10 pro and they’ve all been great.

      Custom roms community really is something.