The European Commission (EC) has now completed its deal to make USB type-C a "common charging port" across its jurisdiction. The decision is now set to ensure that new devices of a swathe of consumer electronics categories can use the same cables and power bricks anywhere in the European Union - laptops and iPhones included.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/USB-type-C-will-become-the-European-Union-s-standard-charging-port-from-2024.626391.0.html
What is next? Regulating what condoms people use?
Won't the OEMs still be allowed to have an extra propietary charging port? I can see devices with dual charging ports coming in the near future...
Quote from: dassddsadas on June 07, 2022, 21:48:08What is next? Regulating what condoms people use?
Look up EU standard "EN 600:1996".
Yawn. All of these devices already came with USB-C, or would have (obviously) swapped their aging micro-B for USB-C by 2024.
Quote from: Barebooh on June 08, 2022, 09:11:42Yawn. All of these devices already came with USB-C, or would have (obviously) swapped their aging micro-B for USB-C by 2024.
Why do you think it is that they only just passed the legislation and set the enforcement date 2 years in the future?
The only meaningful impact of this legislation will be to force phone manufacturers to sell phones without included chargers:
Quoteand that unbundling measures (consisting in the supply to the
end-user of radio equipment without a charging device) should be introduced with a common
charging solution, as otherwise the aim of reducing the volume of charging devices produced
per year and hence reducing electronic waste (e-waste) would not be achieved.
Funnily enough, most of the press releases don't mention that bit.
The article says "that require wired charging." Assuming this is correct, it would mean that a phone which supports wireless charging is exempt as it doesn't
require wired charging, it is optional. Apple already uses USB-C on their chargers. Another option would be to get completely rid of ports, wireless only. And most iPads already have USB-C as that's what second generation of the Pencil uses. The only exception is the base model.
Quote from: t4n0n on June 08, 2022, 12:22:39The only meaningful impact of this legislation will be to force phone manufacturers to sell phones without included chargers:
When it comes to charging, the important stuff isn't the port (almost everything uses USB-C anyway), it's the protocol and charging technology. That's where things can fall apart. It is of no use that a device has a USB-C port if it requires a proprietary charger for fast charging and will otherwise only charge at basic 5 W. You're probably not going to use that facility outside of emergency. That's where devil hides.
They should have mandated the use of USB Power Delivery standard, not the port itself, because the standard already mandates the port, cable and brick.
We could have had all the devices offering the highest USB PD speed, which is I think 27W.
I'm sure there will be loopholes now.