A Common Charger for All Phones? The European Union Is on the Case

[stewie_e]

The EU wants to make it easier to charge your cellphone. The proposal could save thousands of tons of electronic waste, but previous measures have fizzled. https://t.co/lSLqzeuAmx
- NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) January 17, 2020
The European Parliament wants to introduce and pass regulations that would demand for a universal charger that would be

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[ohwutevernvm]

Aww hell yeah. I have like two or three backup 10 ft flat hard lightning universal iPhone charger cables I got from staple or Office Depot. It’s still going very strong over a year! It’s perfect for my iPhone 7s Plus ever since I lost my old iPhone 6s Plus so it works perfectly. Braided cables imo ain’t good and doesn’t last long. Waste of money. Trust me on this, sis. *adjust tinfoil hat*. I’m intrigued about the wireless charger dock but I wish they are universal especially for my iPhone 7s Plus 😢

BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS. SO UNFAIR 😍: https://ilumenshop.com/

[tetrazzinichikn]

Wireless charging on an iPhone is so fucking slow though

[ohwutevernvm]

RIP! We can’t have it all huh 😢

[pciam]

It is. I hate it. Unless you pay big money for their Apple specific “fast charging” pad. 🙄

[lloydsgurl]

The changing Apple chargers are especially annoying at my work because sometimes you need a big charger for an iPad and other times you need the small one. And they fray soooo fast.

[summerswings]

when do you ever need a small one? I’ve always used the iPad one for my phone too. It charges more than twice as fast.

[lloydsgurl]

some of the iPads are old and use the larger charger (heh), but others are iPad minis and use the small chargers. Idk.

[likeanunmadebed]

lol @ Apple thinking THIS would freeze their innovation

now sis

[hamnoo]

It's funny cause it's so blatant. But I'll only go hah when the deal is done and they officially lose a ways to make money.

[comava]

yeah what a weak excuse, they're just being pouty and its nagl

[poopanna]

fuck them and this bullshit response.

[fraises]

I mostly get samsung phones and I like that they're all USB-c chargers.

I'm pissed though, I got an s10 and was going to give my bc my old s8 because he's really hard on phones so he never gets a brand new one but I must not have pushed the sim card tray in all the way because it's missing! I had to order another one.

[komnene]

People should just stop buying Apple tbh.

[mulholland]

nah, macbooks are amazing. sorry

[fotographii]

people are entitled to wrong opinions :D

[comava]

would you mind explaining why? i'm clueless about tech and not really an apple fan, so I'd be quite willing to switch my macbook air once it bites the bullet