Thats great news - manufacturers who want to ship sealed phones have to charge intelligently.

In fact, I'd take this constraint:

> There's an exception for batteries that "retain at least 80% of its original capacity after 1,000 charge cycles."

even further: retain at least 80% of capacity of 5k charges and commit with escrow money to maintain the software for 10 years. If the manufacturer is unable to commit, with money, to a 10 year support cycle, then the must provide at least ability to root the phone without needing manufacturer consent.

It would be nice if manufacturers stopped shipping disposable phones...