When will the production of smartphones without a replaceable battery be banned?

By 2027, the European market will be prohibited from producing and selling smartphones without a replaceable battery. This decision was taken by the European Council.

According to the Android Authority, a new law passed in the EU obliges manufacturers to release devices with replaceable batteries. The document states that devices without a replaceable battery will be banned from being sold in the European Union from 2027.

According to EU officials, such a measure will reduce the amount of waste among electronics and increase the efficiency of recycling. And the ultimate goal of the law is to get companies to start making smartphones from recyclable materials.

According to the Android Authority, even if the law is only valid in the European Union, it will affect other markets for smartphone companies, because Samsung, Google, Apple and other companies do not develop devices specifically for Europe. It is unlikely that a company like Apple will begin to create a European iPhone with a replaceable battery, and for the US - without. This means that this law will eventually change all iPhones and make them with replaceable batteries.

Recently the Parliament of the European Union adopted a new directive that prohibits the sale of laptops whose batteries cannot be replaced.