• Jean-luc Peak-hard@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    From @[email protected] on a post over at [email protected]

    Yeah this is just manufacturers self rating themselves. This is just like VW cars rating themselves as getting 5-10mpg better than their competitors, when really they were just measuring from the balls.

    The up side is if they fail to meet those ratings then are the consumers entitled to some sort of compensation?

    Btw, I love how Piefed shows comments from cross-posts. Every client should do it, helps make the fediverse feel bigger and more diverse.

    • JWBananas@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      This comment says otherwise:

      https://lemmy.world/comment/18057099

      How is battery life measured under this new EU regulation?

      One interesting detail is that the battery endurance rating in the new labels is tested using the same software used by many tech reviewers: SmartViser. This French automation company works with labs and manufacturers to simulate real-world usage. So now, the battery performance you see on the label is based on consistent, lab-tested data, not just marketing claims.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        the actual legislation is not that specific as far as i can tell:

        https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1669#anx_I

        Article 5

        Measurement methods

        The information to be provided pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 shall be obtained by reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement and calculation methods, which take into account the recognised state-of-the-art measurement and calculation methods, as set out in Annex IV.

        Article 6

        Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes

        Member States shall apply the verification procedure laid down in Annex IX when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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          14 hours ago

          It kind of isn’t. The EU is giving the cell companies guidelines on how they should test their batteries, and then report their numbers back to the EU. So “Apple” are testing their apple phones and then telling the EU their alleged numbers.

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      19 hours ago

      It’s also wrong. That comment is misinformation.

      They are lab tested by a 3rd party in the EU, SmartViser.

      • Jean-luc Peak-hard@piefed.social
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        16 hours ago

        Piefed is both an instance (piefed.social) and back-end server software that allows anyone to run their own instance (list of various Piefed instances). It works on the same ActivityPub protocol as Lemmy and Kbin/Mbin so they all interoperate with each other.

        One of the cool things I like about Piefed is it seems to join the comments of various instances in cross-posts. On Lemmy, you can see its crossposted, but you have to manually check them out to see any comments on others. One cool feature I like over Lemmy. There’s a few others, but I’d encourage you to check it out. You don’t have to commit if you don’t like it.