Re: EI mew ;abeling regulations June 20th 2025

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-01-03 10:08, Scott wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 10:04:03 +0000, Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
wrote:
 

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.

 
Evidently it is not quite as simple as that. In another thread it is
explained that Apple have withdrawn phones with lightning connectors
from the EU market and continue to sell them in the UK.

 
I haven't seen that other thread, but they may well be offloading old
stock pending newer models.  Eventually market forces can be expected to
prevail.

Apple have removed the iphone 14 and SE from sale in the EU and Northern
Ireland due to the regulations coming into effect on 30th December.

Both models are still available in the rest of the UK.