China adopts universal cell-phone battery

Hot on the heels of the universal cell-phone charger plan, China is now setting a more ambitious goal to make a universal standard for cell-phone batteries by the end of 2007, according to sina.tech

He Guili from the Ministry of Information Industry said the universal battery will be used in  phones of different models and brands, and will reduce a great amount of pollution .

There will be only three to four standardized batteries to fit all cell phones, in the same way dry batteries are used in electronic products.