Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...
I have a “sealed” phone (gotta use a heatgun to melt glue off to remove the back) and the battery is easily replaceable once it’s opened. maybe what you’re saying is true for some battery designs, but not for mine (or my last non-replaceable-battery one before that).
A phone with a back that’s glued on isn’t user repairable by normal standards. User repairable means easy and that anybody can do it, using a heat gun to melt glue is too much to expect from an average Joe. I’d say soldering is easier in some cases and that isn’t considered user repairable.
If you had an easily removable back cover then you would have to have a protected battery, else it would be a major safety issue.
But I do agree with you, something like that would be optimal, where you don’t need 500 steps just to remove the battery. Having the battery easily removable so that any regular technician can replace it for cheap should be the goal.
I have a “sealed” phone (gotta use a heatgun to melt glue off to remove the back) and the battery is easily replaceable once it’s opened. maybe what you’re saying is true for some battery designs, but not for mine (or my last non-replaceable-battery one before that).
A phone with a back that’s glued on isn’t user repairable by normal standards. User repairable means easy and that anybody can do it, using a heat gun to melt glue is too much to expect from an average Joe. I’d say soldering is easier in some cases and that isn’t considered user repairable.
If you had an easily removable back cover then you would have to have a protected battery, else it would be a major safety issue.
But I do agree with you, something like that would be optimal, where you don’t need 500 steps just to remove the battery. Having the battery easily removable so that any regular technician can replace it for cheap should be the goal.
But I don’t know how you would enforce that.