Manufacturers plan their new products sometimes years in advance, so they will need to be given an appropriate notice period before the law becomes binding. The EU is well-intentioned, but I’ve previously explained why a law would be completely pointless due to the timeframes involved.Īssuming the law is finally passed, and it does adopt USB-C as the standard, it won’t come into effect immediately.
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IPhones and most of Apple’s products are powered by its Lightning cable, whereas Android devices are powered by USB-C connectors. The move will affect iPhone maker Apple more than its rivals. The European Commission will next month present legislation to establish a common charger for mobile phones and other electronic devices within the 27-nation bloc, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. More than three years later, Reuters reports that the European Commission finally plans to legislate. 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. That agreement came to nothing, so in 2018 the EU announced it was was going to look at making a common charging port a legal requirement for smartphones.ĮU 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. At the time, that would have been everyone’s least-favourite port, microUSB. Way back in 2009, Apple was one of 14 tech companies to agree to switch to a common charging port. The European Union is trying to pass a law that would make this mandatory, despite the fact that it would be completely pointless…
Many of us would like to see an iPhone with USB-C port in place of Lightning, so that we can finally have a single charger type for all our main Apple devices: iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
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