Devices should be required to come bundled with at least the bare minimum accessories required to operate the device, including charging it.
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AirPods Pro 3 Do Not Include a Charging Cable in the Box
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Unfortunately if you offer a free cable a lot of people will get one as a spare simply because it's free and they end up never using it.
"Nobody needs a cable anyhow!"
We all know that's not why Apple is doing this.
It's to cut their costs and increase their margins.
If they'd tied it with a $10 price cut, as they should have, then I'd be onboard.
We all know that's not why Apple is doing this.
It's to cut their costs and increase their margins.
If they'd tied it with a $10 price cut, as they should have, then I'd be onboard.
Of course they don't come with a cable; Apple is doing their part for the shareholders the environment.
also everyone have the case as well, just sell us the new airpods, and we can use the existing case if Apple cares about it customer so much 
more inconsistencies with Apple these days. The watch has a charging cable, yet the AirPods do not? Apple is just doing things willynilly. I'm also getting tired of these mass produced videos by Apple, too many cut aways and people yapping about one component of the product, hard to follow.
Agree. The one that came with my APP2 is still in the box... and I still have at least 5 never used lightning cables and hope that I will not end up with as many unused USBC cables in 5 years time...
Wow!! Now THAT is penny pinching at its finest to drive up profits.. still it is USB C so you hope to have at least one cable I guess? Wonder if the 1200 iPhone Pro will come with a cable? If not they may as well stick it in a paper bag and ship it to you for the worth of the rest of the stuff they cone with.
Hey folks I have a new car for sale, but you need to provide your own tires and gas tank.
And we’ll keep the price the same last year’s fully equipped model.
I think you’re gonna love it!!
And we’ll keep the price the same last year’s fully equipped model.
I think you’re gonna love it!!
I have yet to charge my AirPods 2 with a cable. All charging has been with wireless. Selling without a cable does not affect me at all. I have multiple USB-C cables and in fact have thrown a few away. Just as I did with several excess chargers. If a person has Apple products, such as an iPhone, the person most likely has a USB-C cable or MagSafe charger.
Fo some reason this penny pinching cracks me up. It's like whenever I see the splash pages for the new iPhones and a feature is "X% recycled material", like anyone gives a chit about that when paying a super premium for a device.
This makes perfect sense. Everyone knows charging cables are very heavy and take up a lot space. This way apple can continue to keep their carbon footprint down. Apple is just trying to help the environment, it's not like their being greedy. 😂
here come all the "we all have a cable by now" comments and hopefully one day they ship the box without airpods so you can say well we all have our older airpods.... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
I mean, yes it very obviously would. And considering Apple didn’t raise the price of the Pros despite ~20% inflation since the last iteration, I think it’s well worth it.
We wouldn't be so upset if they discounted the price of the charging cable from the price. Do they? Oh, hail no! It's about principle for most of us.🧐 We'd probably toss the included charging cable into our junk drawer.😙🎶
I'm sure Apple already has plans around that. Charging cables are illegal to include in some countries, and mandated in others.
There is logic in this decision. The Apple Watch charges only from a watch sized charging puck. Unlike USB cables, customers may not have a watch charging puck (especially new Apple Watch buyers). As many people stated above, almost everyone has a USB-c cable or at worst can buy one cheaply.
How can iPhone 14 and older users possibility have a USB-C cable?
Wow, just when I thought Cook couldn't be any more of a miser. He went and totally redeemed himself! 😂
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