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Europe Mandates Interoperable Charger for Phones, Tablets

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So what happens when...

crood

Mar 13, 2014, 10:36 AM
...they come up with something better? There's talk of a future usb connector that will be reversible like Apple's lightning connector.

Will they have to wait until the EU Parliment permits the switch and then wait for member government approve it or will they have to include an adapter in perpetuity?
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kingstu

Mar 13, 2014, 2:17 PM
I'm sure that when a new standard comes along it will be lobbied for and incorporated in a new bill. I really hated when all the phones had different chargers and it added to a lot of waste and excess consumer cost.
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T Bone

Mar 14, 2014, 2:53 PM
The point of the legislation is not so much as to force one specific standard as it is to say that there has to one standard that everything uses so that consumers don't have to buy 50 different chargers for 50 different devices because each one uses a different kind of port, and they don't have to worry about tracking down exactly the right kind of charger, and retailers can just stock one kind of charger and not to worry about carrying a bunch of different types.

The specific standard isn't important, what is important is that everything use the same standard.

If a new standard comes along, the legislation can be amended to account for that. What we don't want is to go back to the bad old days when it was near impossible to find a ...
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Tofuchong

Mar 14, 2014, 3:45 PM
It's also to reduce the huge tonnes and tonnes of garbage waste that is created by these charges. New phone used to me new charger and charger wire, not anymore. You can keep your old charges, and not throw them away. This is a huge win for the environment as well, as most chargers contain toxic chemicals.
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T Bone

Mar 15, 2014, 1:45 AM
That's actually a huge benefit....Blackberry is ahead of the curve (no pun intended :lol🙂 on this one as I am still using the charger from the 9800 Torch I got in 2010 for the Z10, they are totally compatible, and you can also use the Playbook charger as well....all Blackberry devices have used the same charger since 2010....
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