It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:
The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.
So the 2027 iPhone should have USB-C and a removable battery as long as it’s bought in the EU. Luckily they’re all unlocked and it’s only 35 minutes on the train from England to France. Guess I’ll be getting my phones from France from 2027.
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SKUs for Britain were always different when Apple was still putting chargers in the box. There’s no issue to have UK only SKU.
I hope not too but if they do I’ll be hopping over the channel for French one.
they might just go pure wireless too to avoid USB-C. Not sure how the are going to do with the battery, but there will be some trick.
As long as I don’t have to keep a lightning cable just for my phone I’ll be happy. Everything else I have is USB-C.
Lightning cable for wireless charger.
It’ll also have third party apps. Wondering how hard it would be to import a European iphone into the US.
I’m not convinced of the benefits of allowing third party apps on the iPhone. I used to have a Galaxy and the store was full of shovelware.
Apps in the store are not “3rd party”.
If this become the outcome, I will definitely return back to Apple & be an new happy owner of the next iPhone.