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I think the ratng is too forgiving with not much room for improvement. A lot of phones are already class B og A so no incentive to innovate and improve or we are going to end up with nonsensical A++++ ratings.
This happened with appliances. They ended up with the silly A++++ ratings added in 2010 as otherwise everything would be an A.
In 2021 they decided to redefine grades instead. A fridge at A+++ became a C. A became the top grade again.
It's also worth noting that as they push the whole scale and G into being more efficient that essentially bans products that can't achieve a rating.
if everything becomes an A the system has worked and increased the efficiency across the market. They'll adjust the goals every 5 to 10 years.
The EU battery life measure is going to be the most interesting battle ground in my opinion. "All day battery life" will have a measured metric in hours.
If the EU have managed to make that metric representative of an amount of screen time in a busy day it could become the first thing consumers look at. Or at least a deal breaker when that number is too low.
If only there was a way to count up instead of down
Blame the education system. They ingrained the concept of A being the best in all of us.
i have a weird concept. give each phone a tortilla chip for each positive rating. the final score is the size of the pile of nachos the phone has.
I think it might be a way to keep phone manufacturers happy so they don't block the bill.
If most of the phones get a C or a D you can be sure that most phone manufacturers will lobby against the bill. So it's probably easier to pass a bill with meaningful criteria but most of them get a B or a A and in a few years adjust the levels required.