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I could only find a rumour that they were trying to circumvent it.
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/apples-next-iphones-may-side-step-eu-removable-battery-requirement
Thanks. That will not work. IO68 is not waterproof. It’s not a reason enough to not have a replicable battery. We have had ip68 phones with removable backs and user swappable batteries. We can have it again.