The law, which has been years in the making, requires companies to sell phones and tablets with removable batteries in the bloc. Because companies are less likely to release a special version just for the EU than to simply adopt a new universal design, the rest of us could be getting removable batteries, as well. It states that companies can just provide replacement batteries to professional repairers (not end users) if their devices meet certain requirements. First, the model's battery must have a remaining capacity of at least 83 percent in a fully charged state after 500 charge cycles. After 1,000 charge cycles, the device's battery health must be at least 80 percent.