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After Mocking Apple, Samsung May Remove Power Adapter From Galaxy S21 Box
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I'm sorry but if you don't understand how the argument of "hey, use your existing charger to be eco friendly, but also buy our new proprietry charging cable" is nonsense, there's no point continuing this discussion.
Apple fans that want iOS , are stuck with iPhones from apple.
Furthermore, they've got a lot of hardware out there not evident at first glance. Panels galore on many, many TVs and monitors, memory, batteries. I was watching a video comparing best lithium ion batteries for cordless tools, near all of them using Samsung batteries under the battery cover of Milwaukee, Makita, Dewalt. They move a lot of product.
I don't think it's fair to criticize Samsung so harshly for doing this.
Why would Samsung continue to offer a charging brick (and experience the additional cost of a bigger box / lost opportunity of selling the brick for more money) if their biggest competitor doesn't anymore? Sure, they're completely copying Apple, but more realistically, they're just trying to keep the playing field level.
It's like if Apple and Samsung were running a barefoot race. Apple decides to start wearing shoes. Samsung says "Look at these guys. Pfft. Wearing shoes." It's a fair point from Samsung—they've always run barefoot until now. But would you be mad at Samsung if they then decided to start wearing shoes, too? After all, they're just trying to keep a competitive edge...
As much as it pains me to say it, the real losers are...us. We will still buy the iPhone because we love Apple products. (Ain't nothing wrong with that, either!) Our consumption is the real signal that, yes, companies can sell phones without the charging brick.
Also, I'm all for saving the environment but I didn't buy that pitch from Apple this year because a lot of people will need to buy additional USB-C charging bricks anyways LOL
Why would Samsung continue to offer a charging brick (and experience the additional cost of a bigger box / lost opportunity of selling the brick for more money) if their biggest competitor doesn't anymore? Sure, they're completely copying Apple, but more realistically, they're just trying to keep the playing field level.
It's like if Apple and Samsung were running a barefoot race. Apple decides to start wearing shoes. Samsung says "Look at these guys. Pfft. Wearing shoes." It's a fair point from Samsung—they've always run barefoot until now. But would you be mad at Samsung if they then decided to start wearing shoes, too? After all, they're just trying to keep a competitive edge...
As much as it pains me to say it, the real losers are...us. We will still buy the iPhone because we love Apple products. (Ain't nothing wrong with that, either!) Our consumption is the real signal that, yes, companies can sell phones without the charging brick.
Also, I'm all for saving the environment but I didn't buy that pitch from Apple this year because a lot of people will need to buy additional USB-C charging bricks anyways LOL
Reminds me of a time when Apple bought 100 “Original Apple iPhone chargers” from Amazon and examined them. With the result that zero were original apple chargers, and about 80% were dangerous.
And if they don’t want it anymore, they stop being stuck and just buy something else. Not an issue.
Bad chargers _are_ dangerous. Remember they are plugged in the wall with anything from 110 to 240 Volt, so it’s obvious they can be dangerous. Imagine your lightning cable unexpectedly has 240 Volt between pins, that could kill you easily.
Analogous to Samsung fans that want android are stuck with Galaxy/Note phones from Samsung?
minor detail: i absolutely love how they wrote “does give you what you are looking for” as opposed to simply “gives you what you are looking for”, implying that this is a contested point, as if they are responding to someone who doesn’t believe them.
Apps I buy on the Samsung device will work on other android devices. Not even the same. Zero lock in with Samsung devices
I get your sentiment, but why is the honus on Apple/Samsung to ensure you have a high quality charger?
It's like me complaining to VW when the oil I put in my vehicle is incorrect and causes damage. At least Apple/Samsung sell the appropriate chargers.
Samsung pay? Bixby? Knox? Dex? To name a few. Sounds like ecosystem lock-in to me.
That’s stating the obvious for any digital platform and isn’t at all Apple specific. My kindle eBooks don’t work on my Kobo. MyPS4 games don’t work on an Xbox. Plenty online stores used to not credit your purchases if you moved to another country- the list probably goes on...
Besides that, if you had a Windows pc, couldn’t you download your movies with iTunes?
For me $0 to minimal. Nothing I won't part with if it makes my life easier. Unfortunately to me, android is not easier, so there is that.
Not that they actually need to, but Apple should hit back with a marketing campaign showing how they are continuously copied. Yes, I know, they copy themselves.
But in many instances (for better or worse), Apple drives and influences the smartphone industry.
But in many instances (for better or worse), Apple drives and influences the smartphone industry.
