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Originally Posted by JSWolf
No iPhone has ever had an easily user replaceable battery.
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True, but that's not what the regulation requires. Quoting the actual regulation:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...23%3A191%3ATOC
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A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it. Commercially available tools are considered to be tools available on the market to all end-users without the need for them to provide evidence of any proprietary rights and that can be used with no restriction, except health and safety-related restrictions.
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"Easy" and "convenient" are not requirements.
Most iPhones meet all of the EU requirements except for the "thermal energy" restriction which is needed to loosen the adhesives which provide the waterproof seal around the front glass. I don't know how Apple are going to change the waterproofing seals but other than this one thing there are no other changes required to comply with the EU regulation.