Manufacturers will not have to sell their chargers with devices either. Other than phones, it will apply to tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers, and handheld videogame consoles. The EU had previously allowed companies to voluntarily adopt a shared standard, but it will now be stepping in to legislate a common charger. This move is to cut down on e-waste and allow customers to reuse their chargers when buying new phones. A new policy pushed by the European Commission - the EU’s executive body - will have all smartphone makers building their phones with a common USB-C specification. Fitbit Versa 3Īpple may have kept the Lightning cable on the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro, but the European Union’s getting ready to put its foot down and ask for USB-C as it has been threatening to for years.
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