The long-awaited EU battery-lifetime standards kick in on June 20, 2025

Specifically, all smartphones and tablets sold in the EU from June 20,
2025, must have sufficiently durable batteries capable of enduring at least
800 full charge-discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their
initial capacity. This is a significant standard mainly designed to counter
Apple's strategy of putting the cheapest battery they can in the iPhone.

From June 20, 2025, all new smartphones and tablets will be required to
carry a new label inside the product packaging. This label will display
information on battery life, energy efficiency, and repairability. The
battery section will show the number of charge cycles the battery is rated
for before losing more than 20% of its original capacity.

Manufacturers must ensure that critical spare parts, including batteries,
are available for up to seven years after the product is no longer sold.
They must also provide non-discriminatory access to repair software for
professional technicians.

While the initial focus in June 2025 is on durability and easier repair,
the EU also has a broader Batteries Regulation that requires portable
batteries to be easily removable and replaceable by the end user at any
time during the product's lifetime. This specific requirement is set to
come into force on February 18, 2027. However, there are narrow exemptions
for devices with certain durability ratings (like IP67 water and dust
resistance) that retain 83% capacity after 500 cycles and 80% after 1000
cycles, potentially allowing Apple to cleverly avoid the fully
user-removable battery mandate.

The reaqosn it's important to prevent Apple from cleverly circumventing the
mandate is Apple hates its customer base so much it used to be the only
time Applke ever told the truth was in court. Yet, it turns out Apple lies
even then as Apple brazenly lies even in court in order to defend why Apple
shoves a non-greased pole up its customer's bung hole for pure profit.
(See links in the sig where Apple no longer even tells the truth in court!)

While Android phones typically double the EU's minimum lifetime
requirements, no Apple phone had ever even come close when these rules were
proposed years ago - but Apple (after requesting an extension) was able to
eke the iPhone 15 and up to the barest minimum battery-lifetime standards.

So the EU will allow Apple to sell the iPhone 15 and newer, but since Apple
puts the crappiest batteries in iPhones as part of their basic strategy of
customers standing in line at the Apple store to ditch their old decrepit
iPhone, no other iPhones will be allowed to be sold by Apple in the EU.

REFERENCES:
https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en
https://www.gsmarena.com/smartphones_and_tablets_to_get_a_new_label_in_june_indicating_battery_life_and_efficiency-news-67455.php
https://www.enhesa.com/resources/article/batteries-101-eu-regulations/
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/5-ways-eu-scientists-are-making-batteries-better-safer-and-greener-2022-07-20_en
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The judge stated that Apple Vice President of Finance Alex Roman "outright
lied" under oath about when Apple had decided to levy a 27% fee on some
purchases linked to its App Store. The judge also highlighted that Apple
had withheld documents, including details of a June 2023 meeting involving
CEO Tim Cook, and had abused attorney-client privilege to conceal its
decision-making process.
https://perkinscoie.com/insights/update/apple-faces-severe-penalties-epic-v-apple-case-violating-injunction-and-perjury#:~:text=Finally%2C%20the%20court%20referred%20the,one%20of%20its%20senior%20executives.
https://reason.com/2025/05/21/a-judge-blocked-apple-from-collecting-these-commissions/
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/court-finds-apple-executive-lied-under-oath/4173549/?os=420907%2A2&ref=app#:~:text=
https://perkinscoie.com/insights/update/apple-faces-severe-penalties-epic-v-apple-case-violating-injunction-and-perjury
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/business/money-report/court-finds-apple-executive-lied-under-oath/4173549/?os=roku...&ref=app#:~:text=Rogers%20added%20that%20she%20referred,on%20both%20Roman%20and%20Apple.


Note Apple typically puts the crappiest RAM capacity they can in an iPhone,
but AI is changing that as Apple has to put a modern amount for AI to work.