Even the 5W would have been something to charge with slowly although then they couldn't give you only the C to Lightning. One of the issues is they didn't mention anything when ordering. Sure we knew until the end of time what was going on, and we most all have cables and chargers galore. The laymen don't read Apple News 24/7 so they would be blindsided to open the box and see no charging brick.
Sure, not including the charger has certainly been a part of the price calculation. I would assume including the charger now in Brasil will show in a higher price tag for the device. If I have the choice I would rather pay a little less if I have a charger at home anyway.
When I buy a new phone I want a new charging cord & a new power adapter out of the box for $1K + no questions asked. What’s next Apple selling new MacBooks with no power adapters included also 😒
This is why they should have included the USB-C chargers for another generation or two before they stopped including them.
This actually happened to me in 1992 while visiting Peru, I went to a burger place and they gave me a burger with no bun. When I asked for the bun, they looked at me funny...
That's a good point, it's really the only logical reason I can think of. Even then, a company like Apple could have easily found a way to ship them anyway even if it were temporarily for a slightly increased cost. I still don't think it was a particularly good trade off, but this is at least a reason that makes sense.Quite simple actually, and not for 'conspiracy' reasons like so many claim.
The box went to half the height.
In 2020 air freight was both extremely expensive AND in short supply. Shrinking the boxes allowed Apple to fit close to twice as many iPhones in half the space.
As much as people might scream that they'd have waited longer...we know that's not true.
The funny thing is they stopped including them once the charger was decent at 18W. I was using an iPad one already around the iP5 I think instead of that junky 5W
Okay. What about companies that sells product without battery? I’m not agreeing with what apples doing. But if you are citing the same reason as “incomplete product” so product without battery should also fall under this I would argue.
Apple should be able to grab as much money as they want. You should be able to not buy from them as a result of your displeasure. Anything else is wrong.
Interesting logic. Reminds me of a story once about a friends teenage child that bought a car and didn't realize they had to buy car insurance.
Well, there are established consumer protection laws that would bed to differ.
So you're telling people that they should buy an inferior product if they don't want to spend extra money on something that came part of the package for years?
