Just a few days ago (June 20, 2025) the new EU rule that imposes on the manufacturers of smartphones and tablets to equip the devices of a new label More detailed and transparent. The regulation was issued to guarantee the right to repair and reuse of these electronic tools.
A series of points must therefore appear in the new label: the QR codethe identification code, energy efficiency class, battery life, reliability for falling, reparactability index, battery life, the level of protection from dust and liquids, and the European regulation number.
The novelty undoubtedly brought changes, going in a certain sense to revolutionize the relationship with these products. The iPhone of the Apple, for example, were included in the Energy class Barousing a certain bewilderment. Apple itself wanted to clarify the situation, making a detailed document available. It is therefore learned that the Apple tablets models were included in the classes E and G, while smartphones in B. The iPhone interested are the iPhone 16 (A3287), the iPhone 16 Pro (A3293), the iPhone 16 Plus (A3290), the iPhone 16 Pro Max (A3296), the iPhone 16e 5G (A3409), the iPhone 15 (A3090) and iPhone 15) Plus (A3094).
The models are part of group B as regards theenergy efficiencyand in C as regards the resistance to falls and reparactability. Apple wanted to provide an explanation. “The goal of this document is to explain the test methodology chosen by Apple and the resulting scores that, in some cases, have been voluntarily lowered to take into account potential interpretative differences”explains the US giant. “Apple has chosen to voluntarily reduce the scores to a level B to minimize the probability that a third -party tester that would interpret the regulation otherwise obtained a lower level.
For the same reason, we also downgraded the scores for the reliability class in repeated fall “.
Apple, therefore, decided to opt for the prudencewaiting to understand which changes will bring these new labels.