iPhones of the future could be less of a pain in the batt

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Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority

• The EU is requiring smartphone manufacturers to make their devices batteries easier to replace by 2025.
• To comply, Apple may stop using foil and adhesive strips to keep iPhone batteries in place.
• The alternative could be a metallic casing that pops out when it detects a small jolt of electricity.

Last year, the EU passed a law forcing phone manufacturers to adopt user-replaceable batteries by 2025. To comply, Apple may retire the use of foil and adhesive strips in favor of a new metallic casing that would keep the iPhones battery in place. The new mechanism could be adopted by at least one iPhone 16 model later this year.

As reported by The Information, Apple may soon stop gluing its batteries to the iPhones chassis. Instead, it could encase them in metal to make them more accessible. Users would then be able to pop the batteries out by administering a small electric jolt.




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