EU Agrees to , Single Mobile Charging Port.
Reuters reports that on June 7, EU lawmakers decided that mobile phones, tablets and cameras must now have one kind of charging port.
Reuters reports that on June 7, EU lawmakers decided that mobile phones, tablets and cameras must now have one kind of charging port.
No other region in the world
has ever taken this step.
The decision comes as a blow to Apple, which will have to change its iPhone connectors sold in Europe by 2024.
Laptop manufacturers will have 40 months to comply once the legislation goes into effect.
We are proud that laptops, e-readers, earbuds, keyboards, computer mice, and portable navigation devices are also included, Alex Agius Saliba, EU lawmaker, via Reuters.
For years, consumers have complained about needing different chargers for different devices.
It's not only cumbersome but expensive.
Thierry Breton, EU industry chief,
said the new requirements would save
consumers about $267 million.
It will also allow new technologies such as wireless charging to emerge and to mature without letting innovation become a source of market fragmentation and consumer inconvenience, Thierry Breton, EU industry chief, via Reuters.
According to a study conducted by the
European Commission in 2019.
50% of the phones sold in 2018 came with a
USB micro-B charger, 29% were USB-C, and
21% required a Lightning connector.
50% of the phones sold in 2018 came with a
USB micro-B charger, 29% were USB-C, and
21% required a Lightning connector.
50% of the phones sold in 2018 came with a
USB micro-B charger, 29% were USB-C, and
21% required a Lightning connector