I think 90% chance of apple going for the EU-Specific model just like they did for Digital markets act, 10 chance of screws, 0% chance of actually popping the back cover off with bare hands.
For Samsung, 50% chance EU-Specific models 40% chance screws, 10% chance back cover tool-less removal. (Edit: typo)
As for other smaller manufacturers, probably just 50%/50% either screws or tool-less back cover removal.
Theres an exception if the phone complies with IP Standards, so most likely nothing will happen
That would require them to make devices that don’t instantly fail due to water damage or similar environmental hazards.
Do modern cell phones meet these requirements? I’m seeing at least two or three different points of failure on my OnePlus right off the cuff.
Just about every mid range phone upwards meets these.