EU taking another look at phone chargers because they’re still not standardized

Still, since Apple uses that connector across all their products I would expect they would either use that as an exception or in turn be forced to change them all.

However this issue really is one of connectors in general, it should not be limited to phones as most rechargeable appliances could be made more similar in requirements.

The bad side is that it could hamstring any attempt to introduce new and better connectors

The article says the EU claimed that non standard chargers create 51000 tons of ewaste per year. That’s roughly 100M lbs. My charger and cable weighs 2 ozs, so that’s 800M chargers tossed per year. That’s actually a reasonable number.

Of course, it seems insane that people are tossing usb chargers. I lust leave them in plugs everywhere.