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Old 05-18-2026, 09:01 AM   #31
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[...]like you can sideload an apk. file on Android, can you?
Not quite. You go to a site on a browser on the phone and download a store form there. I don't know how many stores are there for EU's iPhones except Epic Games Store.
I don't know how Jailbroken iPhones scene work, maybe on them you can sideload.
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Old 05-23-2026, 07:52 PM   #32
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Yes. In future, Amazon would have 2 options:
1. Have expensive replaceable battery for the entire world
2. Have European variants with detachable battery.

Both are expensive. Option 3 would be not sell newer kindles in Europe which would be too costly.
When mobile/tablet manufacturers were ordered to use usb as charging port, everyone just moved to usb for whole world. Although replaceable batteries pose some problems. It'll be very hard to design water poof devices with them in mind.
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Old 05-24-2026, 05:38 AM   #33
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When mobile/tablet manufacturers were ordered to use usb as charging port, everyone just moved to usb for whole world. Although replaceable batteries pose some problems. It'll be very hard to design water poof devices with them in mind.
That would be USB-C ports for charging/data.

They will have to figure out how to make their devices with user replaceable batteries and be waterproof if they want their devices to remain waterproof.

I look forward to seeing what Readers, phone, tablets, etc look like when released after 2027 in the EU.
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Current Kobo devices already have replaceable batteries that would match the requirements of the EU rules.
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When mobile/tablet manufacturers were ordered to use usb as charging port, everyone just moved to usb for whole world. Although replaceable batteries pose some problems. It'll be very hard to design water poof devices with them in mind.
No, not hard at all.
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It wasn't just a move to USB. It was a move to USB-C. A lot of devices already had USB. Apple's Lightning is USB. They just had to make sure they are using USB-C.
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No, not hard at all.
Anyway, the law afaik says that if your device has anhigh IP thing (water and dust etc sealed) and at least 80% of batteries' initial health after 1000 full cycles of 0-100% recharges, they are permitted to be without user-removable batteries. I presume that was a win from the tech cartel. I wonder if the they anyway imposed technician-removable batteries.


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  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/...batteries_for/
  2. https://repair.eu/news/making-batter...eu-guidelines/
  3. https://www.techradar.com/phones/the...able-exception
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A stupid exemption.
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