New comment by Eskelar in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

Eskelar — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:40:55 +0000

A lot of discussion about 'whether its needed' or 'moving a needle'. Batteries were swappable back in the day, and later on someone figured that making battery suck, can drive you to buy a new phone - because it is harder to degrade the rest of the device faster. Then we accepted that you cannot play around the battery, bcs that's the reality of things. So many people won't even think about it - but it does not mean it is not needed. I would love to make my device much better with swapping battery as many time as needed.

But then I think someone will figure out to make these batteries so expensive, that it won't change a thing.

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New comment by Eskelar in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"