• WashedOver@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    The EU would like to have a talk with manufacturers about this… Much like USB C for iPhones, removable batteries are in the works again thanks to the EU.

    • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      I hope these changes affect the global supply chain, but I’m very skeptical that it’s going to have any repercussions outside of the EU.

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        10 months ago

        These changes tend to be global because it’s cheaper to make the change for everyone than have two different designs and manufacturing (one for EU and other for the rest of the world). And more often than not EU is too big of a market to ignore.

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        10 months ago

        Maintaining multiple SKUs with major differences is quite expensive and time consuming, plus confusing for the customer on a global Internet trying to look things up. I expect that this would make at least some manufacturers ship these to other countries, so we would have some options.

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        10 months ago

        These changes tend to be global because it’s cheaper to make the change for everyone than have two different designs and manufacturing (one for EU and other for the rest of the world). And more often than not EU is too big of a market to ignore.

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          10 months ago

          Well, Samsung is selling phones with shit CPUs to Europe and good ones to USA.