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bigdragon I think user replaceable batteries should be the norm everywhere. The EU is doing something positive with this regulation! Reply
UKTone Love/loved (don't like everything they do) Nintendo and this is great, hopefully they make this a thing everywhere. Also, does this apply to playstation controllers, iphones, androids, etc.? Do eu electronics work in america, asking for a friend lol? Asking specifically for phones and controllers. Reply
Li Ken-un When California passes a similar law, all of a sudden, the entirety of the U.S. gets removable batteries for electronics that are now internally hosed with glue. Until then, I will go to the E.U. just to get the version with removable batteries on principle , even if the batteries I would need to buy to do a replacement are hard to get in the U.S. Reply
circadia UKTone said: Love/loved (don't like everything they do) Nintendo and this is great, hopefully they make this a thing everywhere. Also, does this apply to playstation controllers, iphones, androids, etc.? Do eu electronics work in america, asking for a friend lol? Asking specifically for phones and controllers. EU electronics does work in the USA, and quite a lot of them don't even need any changing or EU->US adapters whatsoever, especially for mobile devices. Also, judging by how the new iPhones now use USB-C all across the world, I'm quite sure that so long as the EU laws require the manufacturers to modify their hardware, you will also be able to get the hardware with the modifications made to comply with EU laws elsewhere. I hope Nintendo doesn't maliciously comply with this ruling though. Technically many types of batteries out there are "replaceable", it just takes a huge effort to do so. Reply
das_stig Will be norm world wide, not business sense to keep 2 assembly lines open, they will just let old stock sell out. Reply
Moonstick2 circadia said: Also, judging by how the new iPhones now use USB-C all across the world, I'm quite sure that so long as the EU laws require the manufacturers to modify their hardware, you will also be able to get the hardware with the modifications made to comply with EU laws elsewhere. Probably. It's usually more trouble than it's worth to have two separate designs in this way, but there may be a significant amount of crossover if they have a lot of parts for the original design on the shelf or otherwise committed. circadia said: I hope Nintendo doesn't maliciously comply with this ruling though. Technically many types of batteries out there are "replaceable", it just takes a huge effort to do so. It's a regulation not a ruling. As mentioned in the article it's technically possible to replace the battery in the current Switch 2, but the regulation is very clear: the battery needs to be "readily removable", with "commercially available tools" (or tools provided free with the product), and require no heat or solvent (so adhesives are allowed, provided you can easily separate the parts by hand or otherwise provided tool). Instructions have to be publicly available online and "easily understandable". There's no point in Nintendo playing silly games with this. Reply
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