By 2027, you'll be able to swap your phone battery yourself — no heat guns, no special screwdrivers, no visits to the repair shop.
The new regulation is simple: make electronics easier to repair, cut down e-waste, and push a circular economy.
For years, manufacturers have used tricks to block repairs: Proprietary screws Glued-in batteries Scare-tactic warning messages
"In our shop, every time we take out a battery, we heat the back to make it flexible so we don't tear off other components. The camera comes off when you do that," says Areg Badalian, owner of Brussels repair shop Fix Fox.
Under the new rules: 🔋 No heat required to remove a battery 🔧 No special tools 👤 End users must be able to do it themselves
Manufacturers can still make repairs trickier using smaller components. They can also keep showing warning messages for non-official batteries. But the EU's goal is clear: make repair, collection, and recycling easier.
Badalian notes that some brands "invent screwdrivers and screwdriver shapes so they can't be repaired" — but that just creates a market for new tools.
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