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Jason England

EU must be joking — Salty union demands Apple makes 10-year-old Android phones

iPhone battery

Apple and the EU have been in a bit of a spat over the past year. Well the next big Brussels blow comes to the iPhone’s battery, as a set of new approved rules require that smartphone batteries are easily replaceable by 2027.

That’s right, people! We’re going back in time by about a decade to when it was easy to switch batteries out, and it’s fair to say this new ruling has got a lot of OEMs sweating. Good thing their phones are sealed for water resistance (for now)...

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