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Originally Posted by Ricky D'Angelo
This is great news to have many electronic devices, including ereaders, to have easily replaced batteries at least in the EU for now starting next year. It's a shame how many perfectly good ereaders, and other electronic devices, have ended up in landfills because the batteries were difficult, if not impossible to replace. Corporations might not like it because instead of buying new devices a battery may be swapped out but for consumers it'll be a win.
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I find myself wishing that people would take the trouble to read the document before posting. Many current ereaders already qualify under the regulations. Most of Kobo ereaders manufactured after the Kobo Aura H20 (released in later 2014) do not need proprietary tools or thermal energy to open the case and replace the battery.
And this topic has been mentioned multiple times. See
Should we expect Kindle devices 2027 with user-removable battery? from last year for example.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
They can't do the tape or glue. That would need the heat gun or some specialized tool.
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As for not requiring tape or glue, that depends on the glue and the tape. You can have either or both that do not require a thermal tool to remove.