"In response to this rumor, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent Apple a letter warning the company that limiting the functionality of USB-C cables would not be permitted and would prevent iPhones from being sold in the EU when the law goes into effect, according to German newspaper Die Zeit."
"Despite Apple's goodwill to bring USB-C to its iPhone lineup later this year, not all cables will be compatible to transfer wired data at maximum speed. You will have to buy an MFi cable or any other accessory with the standard to make use of the USB-C port's full potential. It was coined by ShrimpApplePro that this year's iPhone 15 models will come with USB-C with MFi."
Re:EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
by tinus_hn on Monday June 19, 2023 @08:58PM
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Aside from if Mr Breton really is in the position of the big ruler that dictates what companies can sell, if he keeps it on it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if Apple is going to say enough is enough, pull a big middle finger and stopped selling iPhones in the EU and leave it to gray imports.
Because all these Goody Two-shoes ideas from Mr Breton might result in a situation where Apple can only sell shitty Android like phones with an Apple logo on the back. And that’s just not what Apple does. EU is a big market but not that big, they can easily live without it. And then the question becomes how dearly the EU wants their innovative products and curated experiences. Before the iPhone went on sale in the EU we could see demand was pretty strong.
Re:EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
by kramerger on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:23PM
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I don't think this is about smartphones and being able to swap their batteries on the go.
I think this is mainly targeting electric scooters and things like that, which have generated huge amounts of waste for a quick buck (they have an estimated life time of 3-6 months).
Re:EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
by fbhabbed on Monday June 19, 2023 @04:56PM
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I always changed my phones because they stopped receiving security updates, not because battery was toast. I'm saying that as someone who held on the same phone for 4+ years and battery life was still reasonable.
Re:EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
by Krssst on Monday June 19, 2023 @05:49PM
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To stay within anecdotal evidence, I had to change twice after 2 years on my side because my phone started shutting down unexpectedly at >= 50% battery. Recent phones seem to hold better though.
from https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-li...:
"In response to this rumor, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has sent Apple a letter warning the company that limiting the functionality of USB-C cables would not be permitted and would prevent iPhones from being sold in the EU when the law goes into effect, according to German newspaper Die Zeit."
from https://wccftech.com/usb-c-on-iphone-15-will-limit-data-spee...:
"Despite Apple's goodwill to bring USB-C to its iPhone lineup later this year, not all cables will be compatible to transfer wired data at maximum speed. You will have to buy an MFi cable or any other accessory with the standard to make use of the USB-C port's full potential. It was coined by ShrimpApplePro that this year's iPhone 15 models will come with USB-C with MFi."
Because all these Goody Two-shoes ideas from Mr Breton might result in a situation where Apple can only sell shitty Android like phones with an Apple logo on the back. And that’s just not what Apple does. EU is a big market but not that big, they can easily live without it. And then the question becomes how dearly the EU wants their innovative products and curated experiences. Before the iPhone went on sale in the EU we could see demand was pretty strong.
I think this is mainly targeting electric scooters and things like that, which have generated huge amounts of waste for a quick buck (they have an estimated life time of 3-6 months).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36339980 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36361510