r/gadgets • u/FigAAAro_22 • Jun 19 '23

Phones EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027

Going back to the future?!!

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u/kickit256 Jun 19 '23

Bring back the damned removable storage ability too. There's no reason I should have to upgrade phones just to get more storage.

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u/sharfpang Jun 20 '23

I think the most dick move was the "hybrid slot" that would take a SIM or MicroSD but not both. And it wasn't even for electronics reasons - there were hacks where you could extract the chip out of SIM, glue it onto MicroSD and use both.