Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "EU Just Changed Smartphones Forever" video.

  1. It's required by the new law to not require special tools. However the Samsung S5 had removable battery with a IP67 waterproof (one our under 1m of water) certification.
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  2. It works the same for toxic and carcinogen components in food, toys, clothing... right? They are removed because "the public display their preference for toxic-free products", not because "some bureaucrat that isn’t an engineer or product designer enforces unnecessary laws on the public".
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  3. Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof rating (one hour under one meter water) and removable battery. The S4 even had a camera optimized to shot pictures underwater. Gopro cameras have removable batteries and higher waterproof standards than any cellphone.
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  4. Samsung S5 had a replaceable battery and a IP67 water protection certificate (that means it could stay under a meter of water for an hour).
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  5. Check "Brussel effect". What charger the Iphone 15 is going to use?
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  6. Yeah. Leave the biggest market on the planet. Check "Brussel effect". What charging port the Iphone 15 is going to use? In ALL the markets. Because the EU said so.
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  7. Nokia already manufacture replaceable battery smartphones, Fairphone does too. So Europeans are not going to run out of smartphones.
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  8. Nothing dramatic. Manufacturers will have to decide if it's convenient to have two separate lines of products, or to leave one of the two markets.
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  9. Uhhhh, do you know that the Samsung S5 had a replaceable battery and a IP67 waterproof certificate (that means it could stay under a meter of water for an hour)???
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  10. It doesn't work like that, sorry. "To ensure the safety of end-users, this Regulation should provide for a limited derogation for portable batteries from the removability and replaceability requirements set for portable batteries concerning appliances that incorporate portable batteries and that are specifically designed to be used, for the majority of the active service of the appliance, in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion and that are intended to be washable or rinseable." So not the smartphones, since they are not "specifically designed to be used, for the majority of the active service of the appliance, in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion". Also: "This derogation should only apply when it is not possible, by way of redesign of the appliance, to ensure the safety of the end-user and the safe continued use of the appliance after the end-user has correctly followed the instructions to remove and replace the battery". Gopro cameras have removable batteries and higher waterproof standards than any cellphone, so good luck in demonstrating such an impossibility. And: "Where the derogation applies, the product should be designed in such a way as to make the battery removable and replaceable only by independent professionals, and not by end-users." So "independent professionals" (and not only the firm's technicians) should be able to replace the battery ANYWAY. NO sealed batteries and NO "blackbox" devices than only the manufacturer can open.
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  11.  @narcojauy  It's the political organ that decides what's compelling and what's not. And it decides exactly because there are cases where the single is not concerned of what the public interest is. Regulations are issued about the most diverse things, IE, even the colour of the internal wiring of electrical devices is regulated.
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  12. Why? The dimension of the cellphone is dictated by the screen, not the battery. Nokia cellphones have removable batteries. They don't seem less compact than other manufacturers' products.
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  13. Iphone 15 is going to have USBC port, for EVERY market.
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  14. The law did not instruct the manufacturers on what to write on the instruction manual. It only made mandatory that it should have been easy (that means not requiring any special tool) to replace the bulb.
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  15. Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof rating (1 hour under 1m of water) with replaceable battery. Gopro cameras have higher waterproof rating than any cellphone, and have replaceable batteries.
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  16. Yeah. Leave the biggest market on the planet. Check "Brussel effect".
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  17. Much of Nokia smartphones still have replaceable battery. Infact Nokia welcomed the EU law. There are many ways to do a connection. How many times a day you pull out and re-plug the hard disk of your pc?
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  18. Nokia smartphones have replaceable battery. Infact Nokia welcomed the EU law.
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  19. You'll be able to chose a smartphone with replaceable battery and waterproof IF YOU WANT. The Samsung S5 had both. "New batteries last much longer than back then" because the energy density of the batteries improved, not because they can't be replaced. Check "externalities". You can't do whatever you want if what you do has a cost for others that YOU don't afford.
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  20. Iphone 15 is going to have USBC port, for EVERY market.
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  21. Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof rating (one hour under one meter water) and removable battery. The S4 even had a camera optimized to shot pictures underwater. Gopro cameras have removable batteries and higher waterproof standards than any cellphone.
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  22. Why someone should want to be 100% environment-friendly? You are 100% something? You are ALWAYS kind? ALWAYS angry? You ALWAYS use the car? People are usually interested in many things, that doesn't mean they are ALWAYS thinking ONLY about it. Why other people should be more coherent than you are?
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  23. Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof rating (one hour under one meter water) and removable battery. The S4 even had a camera optimized to shot pictures underwater. Gopro cameras have removable batteries and higher waterproof standards than any cellphone.
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  24. Good riddance.
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  25. Why, if they can make a regulation that applies to all?
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  26. Most people replace their phones not because they got a bit wet, but because of the battery, the software, or a smashed screen. BTW the Samsung S5 has a IP67 water resistant certification with removable battery.
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  27. Yeah. Leave the biggest market on the planet. Check "Brussel effect". What charging port the Iphone 15 is going to use? In ALL the markets. Because the EU said so.
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  28. So it's market competition that keeps toxic or carcinogen components out of food? cosmetics? Clothes? Competition doesn't work when (and that's not an exhaustive list): 1) General public have not the necessary competence to understand the risk. 2) There are externalities, so that the action of one individual causes harms to others that he individually is not required to pay.
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  29. There are still (or already) smartphones with replaceable batteries on the market. Nokia, Fairphone...
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  30. Nokia smartphones have removable batteries now. They are not bulky nor expensive.
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  31. Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof rating (1 hour under 1m of water) with replaceable battery. Gopro cameras have higher waterproof rating than any cellphone, and have replaceable batteries.
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  32. Uhhh... no. There is not "international court" where this can be challenged. The EU adopts the standard it wants in its internal market. It always did, and manufacturers ALWAYS had to cope with it. Check "Brussels effect". "The combination of market size, market importance, stringent standards and regulatory capacity of the European Union have the effect that firms trading internationally find that it is not economically, legally or technically practical to maintain lower standards in non-EU markets. Non-EU companies exporting globally can find that it is beneficial to adopt standards set in Brussels uniformly throughout their business."
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  33.  @christopherkidwell9817  It doesn't count if you consider those standards higher or lower. 1) There is not "international court" where this can be challenged. The EU adopts the standard it wants in its internal market. It always did, and manufacturers ALWAYS had to cope with it. 2) Samsung S5 had a IP67 waterproof standard (at least an hour under 1m of water) with removable battery. Gopro has removable battery and a higher waterproof standard than high-end cellphones. 3) Even without counting point 2, if the EU is more concerned about environmental problems than waterproofing cellphones, THEN THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE TO COPE WITH IT. It's not in their power or right to challenge what a political organ is concerned about.
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  34.  @christopherkidwell9817  It seems you are a little confused about what a dictator is. No they can't. EU is a democracy. The corporations that, to you, should "challenge" the standards it decided to have on behalf of it's citizens aren't. The possibility for local courts to decide against EU standards is "0", because that's not allowed by EU treaties. The possibility of the Court of Justice of the European Union to rule against an European law adopted by the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT is "0", because it's role is "to make sure the EU law it is applied in the same way in all EU countries, and to settle legal disputes between national governments and EU institutions", it can't challenge the Parliament. The possibility of the European Court of Human Rights to even consider a case of technical standards is "0". And that exhausts the available courts, sorry.
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  35. Yeah. Leave the richest market in the world. 🤣 Check "Brussel effect" to know how real world works.
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  36. If you live in the EU and didn't vote for the European Parliament it's your choice.
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