Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: EI mew ;abeling regulations June 20th 2025
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 10:04:03 +0000
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 42
Message-ID: <vl8cmm$3rnpf$1@dont-email.me>
References: <vl7rdn$3p1os$1@dont-email.me>
 <bgcfnj9dp6vurc8h7lmerj9kvlqt2lhluk@4ax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:04:07 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4c7f4f03c03f7111da3a49c5f272a986";
	logging-data="4054831"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LwVmghVI+l8Q0ZIHtG+R5W9lR+MEmx74="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:DP5wK6XSTrxHXhxau1OkNYaKVAs=
Content-Language: en-US
In-Reply-To: <bgcfnj9dp6vurc8h7lmerj9kvlqt2lhluk@4ax.com>
Bytes: 2743

On 2025-01-03 09:47, Scott wrote:
>
> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 00:09:11 -0500, Isaac Montara
> <IsaacMontara@nospam.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone know how existing & new Google, Samsung & Apple phones are faring?
>> https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en
>>
>> 1. Resistance to accidental drops or scratches
>>    & protection from dust & water
>>
>> 2. Sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand
>>    at least 800 charge and discharge cycles
>>    while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
>>
>> 3. Rules on disassembly and repair, including obligations
>>    for producers to make critical spare parts available
>>    within 5-10 working days, and for 7 years after
>>    the end of sales of the product model on the EU market
>>
>> 4. Availability of operating system upgrades for longer periods
>>    (at least 5 years from the date of the end of placement on
>>    the market of the last unit of a product model)
>>
>> 5. Non-discriminatory access for professional repairers
>>    to any software or firmware needed for the replacement
> 
> Will these regulations apply in the UK?

As you have had explained to you at least twice before, they will become 
a de facto standard, because it won't be worth the cost to the 
manufacturers to produce a substantially different model for every 
different market; on the contrary they will try and keep as much as 
possible of every product the same world-wide.

-- 

Fake news kills!

I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: 
www.macfh.co.uk