With completely wireless earbuds, the rule is: when the battery fails, they have to be disposed of. Not so with the Fairbuds, that allow you to replace batteries in just a few seconds. Combined with a repairable design, the earbuds should therefore have an extremely long lifetime.
  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2252·
    9 months ago

    Really happy to see replaceable batteries! It’s a wear item and guaranteed to brick your device after a number of years if they aren’t replaceable.

    • Blaubarschmann@feddit.de
      1301·
      9 months ago

      Replaceable batteries are coming to the EU in general, at least for portable devices, via the EU Batteries Regulation, which is in force already and requires all portable batteries to be easily removable and replaceable by the end user from 2027

              • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                3·
                9 months ago

                Well I do like FDAs, and roads though. But I’d rather have healthcare as well, and I’d like way less of it to go toward it cops and wars. Mainly I want a lot more of the taxes coming from the billionaires.

                • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
                  11·
                  9 months ago

                  more taxes from billionaires

                  Okay so look up the name of the guy who was point man for the business plot.

                  Look up his son’s and grandson’s names.

                  And then, after doing that; explain how that’s ever gonna happen.

      • umbrella@lemmy.ml
        29·
        9 months ago

        i hope this eu law makes it happen elsewhere, if anything for them to take better advantage of the economy of scale.

        and if they dont ill be coveting some eu devices.

        • jaybone@lemmy.world
          26·
          9 months ago

          They probably calculate cost saved by economy of scale, vs profit generated from planned obsolescence in other markets.

          Might be more profitable to run different SKUs.

        • datendefekt@lemmy.ml
          2·
          9 months ago

          The EU is a relatively large market, and it wouldn’t make economic sense to develop and produce EU-specific devices. I’m pretty sure you’ll also be seeing replaceable batteries.

      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
        62·
        9 months ago

        I don’t believe the EU will make earbuds batteries serviceable. Phones and laptops, sure.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
      110·
      9 months ago

      guaranteed to brick your device after a number of years

      But what’s the number? Also, a battery not lasting all day is hardly bricking.

      • Dojan@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        I think that’s an issue of semantics. If someone needs their device to last all day and it doesn’t anymore, then it is effectively bricked. Could one find a workaround to the issue? Oh probably, something as simple as lugging around a battery bank should do the trick, but ultimately users being able to just swap the battery in their device themselves isn’t a big ask. It gives a modicum of ownership back to the person who actually bought the device.

        • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          Which Bluetooth headphones last all day without topping up at all? I’m curious what a use case is that would require someone need them.

          • Dojan@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            Nah I’m thinking of phones in this scenario. That said, both benefit from having user replaceable batteries.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        9 months ago

        iPhone batteries are covered under warranty if they drop below - I think - 80% of original capacity. Using that as a benchmark, something between that and 50% is going to be frustrating for the average user. Perhaps frustrating enough to replace.

        “Brick” caught me off guard too. When thinking about a product that can’t be used while simultaneously charging has a battery that’s nearly shot, though, it struck me as a fair description.