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Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs?

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs?
Date 2026-08-27 10:07 +0200
Organization Tebibyte_Retro_Gaming
Message-ID <tr75mmx3pu.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
References <116ooip$18uei$1@dont-email.me> <116opb3$16i5a$1@solani.org>

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On 2026-08-27 09:34, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
> On 27.08.26 09:22, Chris wrote:
>>
>> I am updating my EU battery review from earlier in the year, and I notice
>> that ASUS phones dropped out of the database in May or so.
>>
>> Checking the ASUS website today in a variety of EU countries I see that
>> their phones are either unavailable or quietly dropped. Is anyone local
>> seeing them in shops?
>>
>> I did note in March that their EU battery data was weird (together with
>> OnePlus); their rated battery capacity was less than half (2790 mAh) the
>> capacity of what was reported on their website (5800 mAh). Obviously, this
>> made the battery efficiency look very good compared to competitors.
>> https://rpubs.com/ithinkiam/1415197
>>
>> Have ASUS decided to pull out of the EU? I can't see any official
>> announcement. And if they have, could it be because of the battery regs?
> 
> That was already clear in January:
> 
> https://www.nerdsheaven.de/asus-smartphones-2026/
> 
> I hope you understand German.

Haven't you heard of automated translation? Works fine.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-08-27 07:22 +0000
  Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-08-27 09:34 +0200
    Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-27 10:07 +0200
      Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-08-27 10:22 +0200
        Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-27 10:40 +0200
          Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-08-27 19:34 +0000
            Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-08-27 21:24 +0100
              Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-08-27 22:56 +0200
            Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-08-27 22:55 +0200
      Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-08-27 18:47 +0200
        Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-08-31 09:05 -0400
          Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-09-02 17:45 +0200
  Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-08-27 16:54 -0500
    Re: Is ASUS the first casualty of the EU battery regs? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 23:59 +0100

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