EU Regulators To Study Need For Action on Common Mobile Phone Charger (reuters.com)

EU regulators plan to study whether there is a need for action in the push for a common mobile phone charger following a lack of progress by phone makers towards this goal, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said. From a report: The European Commission has been pushing for a common charger for nearly a decade as it cited the more than 51,000 tons of electronic waste yearly from old chargers as well as the inconvenience to consumers. iPhone and Android users have long complained about using different chargers for their phones.

Comments

Re:Do they mean the cable?

[danbert8]

Pokemon Go players disagree... I need to keep my phone constantly charging if I'm playing for more than an hour or so or the battery won't last the day.

Re:Yes, about power connectors

[CWCheese]

Manufacturers were told to sort it out, and didn't.

Swap the word Apple for Manufacturers and the picture becomes much clearer. Apple has resisted and rejected common connectors for all its history, and even as the world seemingly is converging on USB-C they drag their feet. More important to feed the trillion$ beast with sales of $50 adapters for everything.