From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

What's interesting is the UK requirement of all OEMs to state, in writing,
a promise of how long full support will be, has made it into the EU EPREL!

<https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en#energy-label>

Looking for my phone in the EU database (2021 Samsung A32-5G)...
1. <https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/smartphonestablets20231669>
2. Model identifier = SM-A326U > Search > (No result) > Drat.
3. Brand or trademark = Samsung > Search > (plenty of results)
4. Picking the closest I can find to an "A-series" Samsung...
I note that *none* of the five EU SM-A* Samsung series achieved an A.
Two of the five EU Samsung SM-A series phones achieved a B.
The other three EU Samsung SM-A series phones achieved a C.

Let's pick the "SM-S938B/DS" which achieved a B & let's try to figure out
what model of Samsung that happens to be by tapping "More Details"

Drat. I had to google to find out that it's an S25-Ultra.
<https://www.google.com/search?q=SM-S938B%2FDS&>
<https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-SM-S938B-Smartphone-Factory-Unlocked/dp/B0DV45CFNP>

Now back to that "More Details" cite which explains the "B" rating in more detail independent tests showed for the Galaxy S25 Ultra sold in the EU. <https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/smartphonestablets20231669/2339789> There are a ton of things that the EU forced the OEMs to test & report on.

Notice "Required output power = 10 Watts" puts the lie to what some people
say of "every charger works" since a typical old brick is only half the "required" power for this particular phone.

Also note the "Minimum guaranteed availability of operating system security updates, corrective updates and functionality updates (years)" is only 5
years, and not the 6 years Samsung has promised for newer A-series' phones.

It may be due to "Model placed on the Union market from 24/12/2024".
There's also a "Product information sheet" & a "Label for printing".
More to the point, there is also a "Better understand this label" link.

This is the explanation of the label and, in particular, of the B rating. <https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en#energy-label>
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