Re: EI mew ;abeling regulations June 20th 2025

On 2025-01-03 09:47, Scott wrote:

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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
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1. Resistance to accidental drops or scratches
   & protection from dust & water
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2. Sufficiently durable batteries which can withstand
   at least 800 charge and discharge cycles
   while retaining at least 80% of their initial capacity
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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
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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)
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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.
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