EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all phones

Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by filiphorvat on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:03AM (#28629311)

To be fair, the CEE 7/7 plug will work almost everywhere in the EU, not counting the UK of course.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#CEE...

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by wrboyce on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:21AM (#28629550)

If you use a screwdriver or similar to open the socket covers (shove the screwdriver into the earth socket) then you can indeed use a CEE 7/7 in a UK socket.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by e_proxus on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:18AM (#28630420)

I used to do this with my keys every time I traveled to the UK and forgot my adapters.

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