Sapere prima di acquistare: a partire da oggi, le nuove etichette dell’UE scuotono il mercato degli smartphone
https://www.gsmarena.com/eu_energy_labels_smartphones_mandatory_today_battery_life_durability_repairability-news-68345.php
di nimicdoareu
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Starting today, all new smartphones and tablets sold in the EU are required to provide an energy efficiency label inside their packaging. The in-box sticker is similar to the ones shown on other consumer electronic devices sold in the EU/EEA market.
The new regulation’s main goal is to help EU consumers make informed buying choices and help reduce CO₂ emissions.
These two points are so nice to have!
>Battery endurance per cycle (in hours and minutes) per full battery charge
>Repairability class (from A to E)
I don’t care much about the others but these two are truly invaluable to know when comparing phones.
Its great for ensuring that no start up has ever the chance of producing anything in the EU.
We should leave all tech to giant companies with huge compliance departments and lawers. Its impossible for any small companies to follow this.
Edit. I guess nobody checked the minimum requirements :
In addition, all new devices sold in the EU will have to meet five eco-design criteria:
Durability: Devices should be resistant to accidental drops and protected against dust and water.
Battery longevity: Batteries must endure at least 800 full charge and discharge cycles while retaining at least 80% of their original capacity.
Repairability: Manufacturers must make critical spare parts available within 5 to 10 working days, and continue offering them for 7 years after the product is no longer sold in the EU.
Software support: Devices must receive operating system upgrades for at least 5 years from the end-of-sale date.
Inside the packaging though? Or the article is just worded badly? If it’s really inside the box and not on it, how is it supposed to serve its purpose, to give all these infos before purchase?
This is really nice. Only wish the database would use the regular product names, instead of codenames for all devices. Really awkward to search for the correct device, when the options are Google GUR25, Google GEC77, Google GZC4K etc.
This is actually quite useful
It’s been 30 minutes and already someone is claiming that showing the phone’s battery life per charge will “stifle progress and innovation”
Also the online shops are implementing the label for smartphones.
This is the one for the [Galaxy S24](https://assets.mmsrg.com/isr/166325/c1/-/ASSET_MMS_157242615/feecms_948_x_png)
A phone with a high repairability score and good battery life is probably a better investment long-term, even if it costs a little more upfront.
I wish eu would push all elections using batteries to make them easy to replace not like old age just to be able to heat a back of a phone and snap battery out instead of taking the whole phone apart to take battery out
the repairability thing is a great win. I mean obviously manufacturers will craft and whine about it driving prices up, but a company like fairphone has proven it can be done, and should be done.
This fact alone will hopefully make a huge dent in e-waste.