EU Standard Phone Charger Coming This Year
A standardized universal charger for data-enabled phones should hit European consumers early this year following the agreement between the European Commission and 14 major manufacturers on a common charger.
The plethora of different leads and chargers has long plagued the industry and made life difficult for consumers, to say nothing of the environmental waste of chucking out a perfectly good charger just because you change phones.
It is also hoped that it will reduce the cost of phones as consumers will be able to use existing chargers and not need a new one with each purchase.
