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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by doctorwho42 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:54PM (#30663130)
You can have both thin, sturdy, and replaceable batteries.

It really isn't that hard. Maybe a few extra days of design and development by a team of engineers. If that... Once you come up with your preferred design, it more or less can be replicated to every other similar device.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by catlifeonmars on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:29PM (#30666846)
I agree with your sentiment overall, but “a few extra days” is pretty unrealistic. Probably a few extra weeks at best.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by CRConrad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:25PM (#30694173)
> I agree with your sentiment overall, but “a few extra days” is pretty unrealistic. Probably a few extra weeks at best.

Still not a problem: The examples upthread of phones from many different manufacturers that had replaceable batteries, headphone jacks, and card readers and were watertight a decade or more ago show that those weeks have already been invested and paid for.

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