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EU Wants Removable Batteries In iPhones
MojoKid writes "Current regulation, introduced with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) in July of 2006, primarily
sought to prevent the unnecessary use of toxic metals in batteries as well as making it easier to recycle and dispose of used batteries. The updated 'New Batteries Directive,' as
discussed in
New Electronics by Gary Nevision, would go much further. Article 11 of the
directive, as currently written, would require that devices must be made in such a way as to allow batteries, either
for replacement or at end of life for disposal to be 'readily removed.' Of course, Apple's iPhones and iPods wouldn't meet this requirement, as it stands. It's obvious that an iPhone battery replacement program could be considered a cash cow for Apple as well."
If your iPod battery dies you just lose access to your music. If a smart phone battery dies you may even lose your access to everything regarding communication and that battery may cost $million deal or your job sometimes.
I think it is worse. Apple started to trust those lifeless AC idiots defending them blindly.
They should not whine when Windows Mobile/Symbian/Android keeps having 90% market while iPhone is ages ahead of them. Actual Apple users, especially ones lived in 80s know why MS has that gigantic market share and enterprise business. Apple acted same way in 80s on computers. Computer time battery chip dead? Go to authorised service center while IBM documented it step by step to user.
MS conspiracy? The real conspiracy is that idiot overpaid suit having genius idea of non replaceable battery, no java, no multi tasking, no flash and the idiots supporting them.
AC swearing to registered slashdot user getting +2 insightful can only happen on Apple stories.
Green is the new black in the tech industry. A new report suggests that hardware companies are cutting corners in their recycling efforts by dumping the responsibility on Asian countries, making eco-friendliness appear to be more of a fashion statement than a genuine effort.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a 67-page report citing United Nations surveys that say U.S. companies are shipping their e-waste to foreign countries as a cheaper method of recycling. The companies are dumping everything from cell phones to computers in China and India, whose disposal practices are deemed unsafe and unregulated, the report says.
And hundreds more articles.
Do some traveling and you can see the damned dumping sites yourself if you want.
Or spend 2 seconds on the google and see that I'm not making it up.