Common mobile charger legislation to be proposed by EU in September

13 August 2021
EU executives are currently working on the legislation.

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Cyberchum, 13 Aug 2021Sorry to break it to you, they'd only discount the cos... moreAgree with u

    evilboy, 13 Aug 2021samsung gave me 25W pd 3.0 charger in box so i did use it w... moreBbk groups give us 65w charger compatible brick
    18w and 25w outdated

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      • 13 Aug 2021

      Lol, 13 Aug 2021Apple has stated that IT needs to be regulated. Microb has ... moreTrash that works fine though, would be very hard to get me back to Android.

        Apple aren't innovative

          samsung gave me 25W pd 3.0 charger in box so i did use it with sony its works normally not full 25W but 18W which is better then bbk group phone chargers.

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            • 13 Aug 2021

            [deleted post]Don't work Max Blumenthal is introducing huge bill on congress it most likely will pass in senste as well and Apple will forced to allow third party app stores.

            So in a third party you will have lot of app makers likes Spotify , epic, Disney , Netflix and they won't be subjected to 30 percent Apple tax, so people using this party app Store will pay less and more and more will move to it.

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              • 13 Aug 2021

              Cyberchum, 13 Aug 2021Sorry to break it to you, they'd only discount the cos... moreWhat is apple completely removes crappy lightning port and moves to pseudo wireless magnetic controller....and they don't have to adopt USB-C , what do you think? is that a loophole?

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                • 13 Aug 2021

                GrahamD, 13 Aug 2021Apple needs to get with the times, ditch their outdated lig... moreI love it when people claim Lightning is outdated and that Apple should move to USB-C and ignoring fact Lightning actually pre-dates USB-C. Not by much (few months), but it still does. And its adoption was superb compared to USB-C which is still being replaced by ancient microUSB on cheaper devices with "costs" as argument. Which is total BS. USB-C should be used on ALL devices by law. F**k it, force it on everyone. I don't care. So that even 50€ dumb phones would use USB-C instead of dumb microUSB and even all iPhones. There is always argument about costs, but if you buy USB-C sockets and connectors in hundreds of millions the extra cost per device should be non existent. Anyone who says it would induce huge markup costs is bulls**tting everyone in the face. How can it add 20€ to cost of device if they buy it for 0.005€ a piece. They'd had to make a 1000x markup on it to get extra cost of 5€. I made these numbers up, but they probably aren't far from the truth even if we move it for single decimal place.

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                  • 13 Aug 2021

                  chris1998, 13 Aug 2021It should be a law to include a charger ... OEMs are not cu... morechargers obviously increase electronic waste and there is hardly anything you can do to help, other than just be here and complain about it, so at least do not go against the decisions of brainy people when they asked to remove the charger 👍

                    Anonymous, 13 Aug 2021Free chargers aren't free, they cost money to produce,... moreSorry to break it to you, they'd only discount the cost of the charger initially, at best. After a while, they'd stop, and knowing people, most buyers wouldn't realise or mind much. They'd normalise the nonsense.

                    Stupid changes keep on being brought by phone manufacturers, stupid changes that would only benefit them in the long run. Like Apple talking about the environment when their new phones come with faster charging tech that's incompatible with already existing charger. Same as the brick-end of the bundled cable, which is now Type-C, yet you have people defending that.

                    Talk about Apple saying that USB-C is on course to become universal anyway, yet keep releasing iPhones with lightning port, just to fill their coffers.

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                      • 13 Aug 2021

                      Anon, 13 Aug 2021No company who took out the charger actually reduced price ... moreIsn't charging it multiple times daily bad for the battery cycle?

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                        • 13 Aug 2021

                        Anonymous, 13 Aug 2021Free chargers aren't free, they cost money to produce,... moreAnd you are naive to think that companies pass on the discount to consumers.

                          Anonymous, 13 Aug 2021Such innovation that other blind donkey companies followed ... moreEspecially in the early days of Android and iPhones, it was Apple that was The trend setter and The reference point for All the other manufacturers. They basically formed the today's smartphone world either intentionally or unintentionally. So, they are partly at fault too.
                          That's why most Android manufacturers copied (the good things) also the garbage that Apple created. Like the non user-replaceable batteries, elimination the headphone jack, no charger, no micro-SD, boring UX design, etc.

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                            blue sun, 13 Aug 2021Why, if everyone has several chargers at home?Not everyone has the latest fast chargers. It's going to take forever to charge the large batteries of new phones with an old 5 W charger.

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                              • 13 Aug 2021

                              Anon, 13 Aug 2021No company who took out the charger actually reduced price ... moreMay be you should revisit your usage pattern. You are ruining your battery's life by repeatedly charging short cycles over and over again, causing more money out from your pocket (apparently you don't care about your own 💰) straight to the landfill for your "old" or may be better put as "forcefully crippled by your ignorance" device.

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                                • 13 Aug 2021

                                chris1998, 13 Aug 2021Reason 17281910201 why UK should've stayed in EU but d... morePeople like you.

                                The weather is getting hotter = because of Brexit
                                The weather is getting colder = because of Brexit
                                Brexit happened , deal with it instead of bleating

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                                  nickname optional, 13 Aug 2021It was also the first mobile phone company that removed the... moreSuch innovation that other blind donkey companies followed suit , so you can't blame apple for others stupidity

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                                    • 13 Aug 2021

                                    nickname optional, 13 Aug 2021It was also the first mobile phone company that removed the... moreIf we had tiny graphene batteries that could slided into the phone like SIM card trays then it would be understandable. But it’s still too early even in 2021.

                                      "Apple has stated that a universal solution would “hurt innovation” and create “a mountain of electronic waste”"
                                      heheh. Only innovation Apple use is marketing departament.

                                      Also I love how companies try to blame users for every problem when THEY put plastic inside plastic in another plastic covered in plastic and try to sell that to us. Well stop wrapping everything in plastic, maybe THEN we would have such problems...
                                      Thanks God Electronic is not like food, where for past few years companies sell products with 2x bigger boxes than product inside...

                                        AnonD-909757, 13 Aug 2021Is Apple who still force users to use their Lightning over ... moreIt was also the first mobile phone company that removed the user-replaceable battery.
                                        Such innovation...!