“In 2020 in France only 40% of broken electrical and electronic devices are repaired. In order to reduce waste, the government aims to increase this proportion to 60% within five years.“. Here is the basic postulate ofSpareka, the company hiding behind the repairability index in partnership with the Macron administration.
This rating, which ranges from 1 to 10, is already mandatory for smartphones and laptops. At Apple, for example, we find the score of 6.8 for the iPhone 13 Pro against6.7 for iPhone 13 Pro Maxor 6.4 forthe third generation iPhone SE. Figures of the same order are found on the Mac side, with for example 6.1 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro 2021 or even 6.4 for its 16-inch version and only 5.5 for the 13-inch with M1 chip.
The changes
Beyond these product categories, televisions or lawn mowers are also required to display a repairability index at the time of purchase. And to this are now added other devices, according to information just published inOfficial Journal. These are:
- top loading washing machine
- household dishwashers
- high pressure cleaners
- corded vacuum cleaners
- non-corded vacuum cleaners
- robot vacuum cleaners
As you can see, nothing seems to concernApplehere, at least for now. Indeed, it is not uncommon to see the Cupertino manufacturer file patents for technologies that are each more diverse than the next. So much so that we are not immune to a new incursion into the connected home market in a few years.
In the meantime, it might be wise for lawmakers to also choose to include tablets and other wireless headphones in the list of items that must display a repairability index. THEiPadand AirPods are also very popular, and it is not uncommon to break the screen of the former (which can cost several hundred euros per replacement in store) or to drop the latter.
Better for consumers
With this, you should know that Apple also gets its hands dirty thanks to its guides for changing the screen or the battery of iPhones. But that’s on condition of paying the price:you have to pay a tidy sum to afford the kit necessary for such manipulations, which are also not necessarily within everyone's reach.
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