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Apple experts furious as EU demands one-size-fits-all universal phone chargers

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Apple, but great news for anyone who's sick of looking for different charger cables: the EU has announced it plans to force tech companies to adopt a universal charger port for smartphones.The EU claims it will benefit consumers and reduce the amount of electrical waste, of which less than 40 percent is currently recycled."European consumers have been frustrated long enough about incompatible chargers piling up in their drawers," said EU executive vice president Margrethe Vestager in a statement. "We gave industry plenty of time to come up with their own solutions, now time is ripe for legislative action for a common charger." The EU estimates that European consumers spend approximately 2.4 billion Euros annually on chargers.The ruling will.

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