USB-C charging is now mandatory in EU, here's what you need to know

30 December 2024
All mobile devices must have USB PD support; new labels are also incoming.

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  • Djordje
  • 3nu
  • 21 Jan 2025

Does this applies only for smartphones or also for feature phones?

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    • Spike
    • TYv
    • 09 Jan 2025

    I don't favor the EU. I don't like the interference of gove in people's life. But this is a Great decision. I emailed the months ago asking to open their eyes for companies that supposedly using USB C on one end but the other end can't be removed from the charger, like in car chargers. That will build for waste & hassele. I had to ditch my newly bought external car monitor cayse it only uses it's car charger. How am I going to charge my phone!!??

      Ca4ol, 02 Jan 2025Laughable, if someone in the EU really does not have a char... moreBro yes i understand and yes many have chargers laying around the house but if you read what i said you would understand too amny comes from micro usb or lightning and thus not everyone have USB C charger at home so theses should be included because many people using their phone until its end so lets say 5-10 years. And some chargers are very costly.
      Whats worse manufacturers excluded many things but even giving less in the box does nto reduced the price of a device even by tiny bit.
      Funny part is you call charger an E-Waste many phones comes without it and yet many mostly chinese brands giving free case in the box and a screen protector for example xiaomi, or motorola. Rather than case charger is more needed.

        Ca4ol, 02 Jan 2025Laughable, if someone in the EU really does not have a char... more"Laughable, if someone in the EU really does not have a charger laying around.."

        That's not the issue, having one that's actually compatible is very rare.

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          • Anonymous
          • 3gS
          • 02 Jan 2025

          Ca4ol, 02 Jan 2025Laughable, if someone in the EU really does not have a char... moreWhat about the possibility of when you buy the phone being asked if you want or not the charger?

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            • Ca4ol
            • swE
            • 02 Jan 2025

            Cpt.Power, 31 Dec 2024Well even i am glad for unified chargers but they should ke... moreLaughable, if someone in the EU really does not have a charger laying around, which i highly doubt, he can just buy one from a respective brand that does not break the bank.
            Chargers should definetly not be included in the box. Manufacturers could tough offer free chargers for the ones in need of one, and send them with the package when buying. But even this could be a problem, as many people, even tough they wouldn't need one, would pick to receive a charger just because is free. So at the end, a charger behind a paywall does not sound that bad to reduce ewaste. So yeah, everything has a reason, as you can see. Now, just because it looks like manufacurers use this situation to make more money, in reality they don't really, as fewer and fewer people buy them chargers, most people do not buy something they already have, for the sick of it. And the arguement that it produces even more waste, some people here keep on blabbering about, also makes no sense. Nothing produces more waste then selling let's say 3 million devices with charges in the package that are not needed or used by 85℅ of the buyers. When you understand the tones of waste produced only by a charger you'll understand why chargers should not come with every phone or portable device.

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              • Carol-
              • swE
              • 02 Jan 2025

              Sin, 01 Jan 2025This is good All share same Port is good But the regula... moreFirst of all, fairphone it is not overpriced, if you would even bother reading who they are and what costs they face, you would at least not write this nonsense.
              Talking about chargers, i have a nokia 18w charger sice 2019. Since then i use this charger to charge pretty much everything i can, and it works quite good, while creating 0 issues with any device.
              The reason i am talking about this, should be obvious. EU is trying to reduce e-waste . It is not about the fewer people that do not owe a charger, even tough i highly doubt that in EU there are such people that do not owe a good charger, it is about those who have a lot and really do not need one, as they will still use one charger for all devices and the rest is e-waste, in this category, there are way more people then you think.

                DarlingYext, 01 Jan 2025Yaay, a comment longer than the whole article, you expect a... moreYaay, a comment longer than the whole article, you expect anyone to read all this nonsense? YES! ##

                So your position on mutagenic compounds plastic is NONSENSE? (The URLs and Google already out there oops 😬)

                It's the QUALITY not the quantity, if the post was too long for you including URL ..well 😱 ***

                So here in the UK, or US, UAE anyone wearing French Connection UK clothing or not
                (Before I go any further did you see the see the Dubai 2025 New Year Fireworks display.
                IT WAS BORING! As was The Philippines 2016 The Iglesia Ni Cristo(Church of Christ) 🥱 🥱
                [Spoiler alert anything I write he takes the opposing view]) ....

                ## Your indefensible comments are a laughing stock, not just amongst those here at this UK establishment that "follow me" bookmarked anyone and everyone on this planet with internet access. Your views are PUBLISHED in a public forum. NOT DM!

                *** Artificial Intelligence, your very existence being the antithesis of AI is proof that AI is real
                If only Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, or Yann LeCun had read the comments section text, in Gsmarena the world would be father down the A.I. track with the discovery of A.I direct opposite.

                MY above "A.I. Antithesis" comment only used in this forum has been reposted. so clearly people are reading my posts and plagerising it because....

                  I Just Read, 01 Jan 2025 If you ever went to school you must have been the most di... moreYaay, a comment longer than the whole article, you expect anyone to read all this nonsense?

                    DarlingYext, 30 Dec 2024"The European Commission is allowing the sales of new ... more
                    If you ever went to school you must have been the most disruptive pupil ever.

                    The article 'Today's lesson' Post your comment SINGULAR .You have nothing to say, but because you own 20 or 30 phones you think that gives you an insight (invite) to critique others commentators personalise everything make it all about me and my many phones. It's the complete lack of knowledge in everything. My top 5 phones of 2024 - Ivan https://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-65845.php
                    @ 01/01/25 114 comments over 10% your drivel now this.

                    Do you even know why the EU is doing this? 😂 clearly not. It's to prevent pollution

                    'Chargers and adapters can contain hazardous chemicals, such as lead, mercury, and cadmium, which can pollute the environment and threaten public health. THESE CHEMICALS CAN LEACH INTO SOIL AND WATER when chargers are thrown away in the trash, and they are not biodegradable'

                    I know you hate cut and paste

                    You have a pristine brain totally unspoiled by anything including actual knowledge.

                    This is your banal confession
                    "The other issue is people not knowing, or ignoring, how a device should be charged, and which charging bricks and cables are actually compatible with their device, thus damaging their batteries way too early, and are creating more trash with said devices/batteries,"

                    Seriously maybe you should come to the college library and witness those bad practices students studying not understanding the device they're using.

                    You're the World's #1 battery skeptic / Samsung basher again no link or source in support. Reminder you on Wireless charging 😂 wireless charge zero additional heat (induction cooker anybody) Why let the laws of physics apply to a nonsensical post or any laws

                    You started bad and just got worse.
                    'They are viewing this e-waste picture from the completely wrong side.' PREVENTING MUTAGENIC CHEMICALS FROM ENDING UP IN LANDFILLS (most including the very people who won't recycle are made to retain)

                    This is not the first time nor will it be the last he espouses utter nonsense so again just for you.

                    Laptop PC c/w at least one Type C port
                    The majority of free public transport charging is USB. ( I personally haven't seen Type C)
                    There are some wild rumour circulating: that USB -Type C cables are shipped I or can be purchased; Adapters can be purchased e.g Micro USB to Type C or USB to Type C or even multi port chargers.
                    https://www.gsmarena.com/acefast_65w_gan3_transparent_charger_a45_a46_a47_review-news-58972.php

                    Not just EU (also them) https://www.gsmarena.com/us_senators_urge_department_of_commerce_to_follow_eus_standard_charger_policy-news-54722.php

                    As a comedy routine poor here embarrassingly stupid and distract from the issue.
                    Your deficits are so profound you don't see, appreciate or understand the contents of your post. The URL Google search were accessible to everyone including you, but you still posted.

                    Knowledge flows downhill in your case it hasn't reached the bottom, or too little it evaporated.

                    Emoji vote and name-calling (I stand uncorrected)

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 3gS
                      • 01 Jan 2025

                      I think the lack of a charger is much more greed than anything else, seeing how budget devices are the only ones still coming with one and old ones can still be stored as backups, at least outside the weakest ones (>2A).

                      As for mandatory USB-C port is a good idea, but I wonder how they'll put one in the typical, small, dumbphone.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 70d
                        • 01 Jan 2025

                        LOL. The PS5 isn't a mobile device.

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                          • Sin
                          • 0Fj
                          • 01 Jan 2025

                          This is good
                          All share same Port is good

                          But the regulation the eu hasn't done yet
                          Or at least not as far as am aware

                          Which would really help with sustainable phones
                          Removable battery's
                          At least Nokia HMD global & overpriced fair phone
                          Do make easily repairable phones
                          All company's from countrys in the eu

                          The one thing I don't agree with which is taking advantage of the customer removable battery's from the box I hope the switch from lithium ion to much safer silicon battery happens as seen as possible

                          You're not doing anything a favor having buy a separate changer
                          Which most likely be a knock off cheapo changer from
                          China as people
                          As like I said before you're average person can't till the difference and see 90% reduced price deal and just buy

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                            • Jason
                            • F10
                            • 31 Dec 2024

                            USB cables arent as big a deal compared to the absolute need for a removable battery in smartphone. Not having one contributes more to more e waste.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • tui
                              • 31 Dec 2024

                              pl2rts, 31 Dec 2024The thing is i dont want microusb ports. I am talking about... moreDoes it say that you cannot purchase 3rd party USB-A cables/chargers? Did they say that USB-A will be banned completely? All that whining and yet can't bring yourself to get a USB-C to micro usb adapter?

                              Obviously you didn't read sh*t, cause you're too busy with your rocket science big brain cry fest about something which doesn't exist; This EU law specifically states that most new devices 2025 onwards must use USB-C, nowhere does it state you have to give up your legacy devices, high IQ genius.

                                People just google what is "USB-A" if you mistake it to Micro USB
                                I dont think anyone care about Micro USB being sent to history and not being used on new devices. But charger should still remain with USB-A slot that is like version 3.2 that give you the fast charging speeds to what ever port is in the end of the other side of the cable that will connect to a device.

                                Is there even a charger brick out there that was with Micro USB port slot as the cable you connect with the charging brick like where the cable is micro usb and that micro usb will go to the hole in the charging brick that is micro usb ?

                                Is this really that complicated ?

                                  Anonymous, 31 Dec 2024Yes all micro usb ports should be phased out 100%. it was a... moreThe thing is i dont want microusb ports. I am talking about USB-A port on the charging brick so you can stick in it either USB-A to Type-C or USB-A to microusb or USB-A to lightning cable. As the charging brick dont need to change from USB-A to type-c port

                                  It should not take to be a rocket scientist to understand this from my previous posts but seems like the intelligence level of this site reader dont reach 2 digits of IQ if they can't manage to understand this simple fact and never mind how detailed i explain it they still think microusb slot be bad even tough i dont know that there are any charging bricks with microusb port slot in them.

                                  I have few devices that have microusb like air refresher or older power banks or old phones i use like tv box. Old tablet i use to read manhwa that fits the purpose and makes no sense to buy new tablet cause of it's charging port is old while the tablet wont be ever used for different means so no point to buy new one when it works. I even have few wireless headphones that have microusb charging ports so why throw them away if they work and nothing wrong with them.

                                  USB-A is not a microusb as that is the deem point. You get your 120W charging speed out of that USB-A and also SSD speeds of file transfer when the USB-A is 3.2 version. Even on USB 3.0 the transfer speeds are good as i have USB 3.2 storage stick of 256GB and tranfering like 100GB data on it took less then 10 minutes.

                                  I dont know that they want to eliminate USB-A ports on devices as that is only to go with Type-c so there wont be lightning and microusb ports on devices and that is all good on my point of view. But the charging brick dont need to have only type-c ports just cause of that new regulation i dont think they even were about that in the first place

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                                    • XB5
                                    • 31 Dec 2024

                                    Are smartwatches also included in this mandate? Any possibility that Apple, Samsung and Redmi watches will drop the pogo ports for USB-C ports??

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tui
                                      • 31 Dec 2024

                                      pl2rts, 30 Dec 2024How re tar ded you must be to talk like year number makes a... moreYes all micro usb ports should be phased out 100%. it was a bad port, it had limited charging/data speeds and the fact new devices are still being made with this outdated port creates more hassle and forcing customers to still look for different cables/adapters.

                                      then by that logic, throw your keyboard and mouse with USB out right now, keep using PS/2 port since you like making your life less convenient

                                        Well even i am glad for unified chargers but they should keep charger in box.
                                        Just for example Motorola 125W charger is 80 euros in my country depends on store you buy from. Samsung fastest charger is even more costlier apple original charger too.
                                        Rest i side with EU.
                                        But they should understands many people comming from Micro USB or Lightning and so all manufacturers should be forced to keep chargers at least until 2030 or 10 years since this law came to world. So everybody would have the time to have some charger with their phone inside a box.

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