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Summer Jo v_enby ☀️neocat_melt_3 @ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt
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The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days

- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity

And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.

(energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en)
An EU energy label, showing the trademark A to G energy score, but underneath that, shows a bunch of other scores and figures, such as battery charge in hours and minutes, fall damage reliability, repairability, battery endurance in cycles, and dust plus water resistance (with the IP marking)
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Mae @Mae@is.badat.dev
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@ShadowJonathan please tell me it's gonna be applied retroactively,,,
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Summer Jo v_enby ☀️neocat_melt_3 @ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt
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@Mae nope, only to newly sold phones from 20 june forward
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@ShadowJonathan @Mae new models or every single phone introduced to market/manufactured after 20th june
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