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 alxhill on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:23AM (#28630523)

I think it's reasonable for Apple to assume that if you kept the old charger, you also had the old cable for it which would also work with the new iPhone.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by Cosmin_C on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:37PM (#28632423)

It is also completely unreasonable to assume your clients all upgraded to the previous model which still had an USB-C charging brick when all the previous chargers had a USB-A port.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by Hamuko on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:40AM (#28630770)

Then they'd still be shipping e-waste in the form of a cable that you cannot plug into anything.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by ashtonkem on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:43PM (#28631637)

Cables are pretty low on the e waste front, since it’s mostly pure copper and shielding. The e waste for the charger is worse.

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Re:EU plans to force OEMs to use a common charger for all ph... by 8ytecoder on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:35PM (#28632395)

Plus usb-c to lightning cables were essentially for connecting the iPhone to the Mac. I’d bet that’s the reason the cables was retained.

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