In the middle of June, we told you about a news story about how smartphone batteries will change in the future. That story was mostly about how the European Parliament voted to make it a rule that all battery-powered devices, like smartphones, have to have batteries that are easy to change.
By 2027, any company that wants to sell phones in the EU must make sure that the batteries can be changed.
This regulation changes all smartphones, computers, laptops, electric vehicles, e-bikes, and anything with a rechargeable battery will also alter.
From now until 2027, OEMs will have a grace period to redesign their goods. This new law says that users should be able to change their phone’s battery without needing any special skills or tools. Since almost all smartphones today are made like a “glass sandwich” and use a lot of glue, the very basics of how phone companies make phones will need to change.
As manufacturers comply with this new legislation, cellphones will certainly change design over the following few years.
Manufacturers will require years to develop designs, supply chains, and equipment for mass-producing phones with removable batteries.
OEMs can’t go back to the old approach since consumers expect certain things from smartphones now.
A premium smartphone with an easily changeable battery and an IP68 rating would be challenging to achieve.
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