The regulation states that batteries must be removable using ‘commercially available’ tools – and that if specialised tools are required, they must be provided free of charge or at a reasonable cost when the device is purchased.
The directive does carve out exceptions: where safety or waterproofing could be compromised, battery replacements will require professional assistance.
So every device will require specialized tools to open that you have to buy separately, or require you to visit an overpriced professional licenced by the smartphone company.
Hey now there’s extra steps to this, the company will provide a proprietary tool that you could in theory use to replace the battery provided you worked there 30 years but no one who works for their company actually uses, you can then buy the tool the company actually uses for an insane markup produced by a third party where first party gets residuals
So every device will require specialized tools to open that you have to buy separately, or require you to visit an overpriced professional licenced by the smartphone company.
Hey now there’s extra steps to this, the company will provide a proprietary tool that you could in theory use to replace the battery provided you worked there 30 years but no one who works for their company actually uses, you can then buy the tool the company actually uses for an insane markup produced by a third party where first party gets residuals