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Despite opposition from Apple, this Tuesday has suffered a severe setback. The single charger will be imposed in 2024 and the USB-C. This is the pin used by most operating system devices Androidso the measure will not cause any disruption for them, but it will for those who have communication technology. iOS.
In a press release, the European Parliament noted that the project “is part of a broader EU effort to make products more sustainable, reduce electronic waste and make life easier for consumers.”
As noted in the note, consumers will no longer need a different device and charging cable every time they buy a new device, and will be able to use one charger for all their small and medium portable electronic devices.
“We have been able to tell the lobbies: ‘They are going to excuse us, but this is Europe and we are working for our people’», Celebrated the European Commissioner for Industry, Thierry Breton, according to AFP.
For his part, the Maltese Social Democrat MEP Alex Agius Saliba, who headed the Parliament’s negotiating team, pointed out that “if Apple or anyone else wants to market their products, sell them in our internal market, they will have to abide by the rules and your device must have a USB-C port».
When this regulation was presented, Apple stated that as a proposal it was “grossly disproportionate to any perceived problem”, and that the adoption of a single charger “reduces the options of European consumers by removing older and cheaper models from the market. », informs AFP.
Currently, with the exception of Apple models – which use the sistema Lightning-, practically all smartphones use the Micro-USB port or the most modern USB-C, which is practically an industrial standard.
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