Your Phone Is About to Outlive the Business Model
Your phone may not be dying. Its business model may be.
Europe is rewriting the rules around repairable technology. This investigation explains what the EU rules actually change for smartphones, tablets, batteries, software updates, spare parts, and independent repair shops.
The 2027 milestone is mainly about portable batteries becoming removable and replaceable for covered products. It is not a blanket promise that every device will receive seven years of operating system updates. The video separates five years of operating system support from seven years of parts availability under the…
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