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Apple Ordered to Stop Selling iPhones Without Charger in Brazil [Updated]

basher said:
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.

Seriously...buyer beware.
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That's the joy of ad hominem arguments (yours included), they bend the laws of logic to it's inevitable extreme.
 
Iphone sales in Brazil should not be representative at all for Apple. Who ever have money to buy an iphone 12 or later in Brazil buys it directly in the US to avoid the high taxes for eletronics in Brazil.
Apple could easily live without the local iphone sales I would say......
 
If Apple wants to be environment friendly they should make their ear buds with replacement batteries. Not use it for few years and toss.
 
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glsillygili said:
Well yeah, that's my point. I didn't own one thing that supported USB-C before 2020. Everyone that I know who purchased the iPhone 12 and newer bought a separate charger with their purchase. Not very environmentally friendly huh?
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You don't need an USB-C charger to charge the new iPhones.

You can use an old USB-A charger with a lightning cable.
 
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Spock said:
As someone else mentioned in another post, they talked about how everyone has an extra USB brick all over the place and then they ship the iPhone with a USB-C to lightning cable. I only have a few USB-C power bricks and since that is the new standard they refuse to adopt with the iPhone, all of mine are currently in use.
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But you could use your old USB-A charger with your old USB-A Lightning cable.

If you are new to iPhones, and have no USB-C charger from Android, all you needed to buy was an USB-A lightning cable.
 
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For me this is a safety issue. Using an iPhone with the incorrect charging brick can potentially be dangerous. When you force the user to buy one separately many users are going to look for a cheaper option (and selling separately suggests that you should be able to use whatever brick you have lying around).

How many times when there is a phone battery fire issue is the first question: were they using a 3rd party charger???

Of course they were if you sell the charger separately and over charge for it!
 
CWallace said:
Now that the EU has mandated a USB-C port on every device, they can now mandate a USB-C port on every charger, which would address this issue. :p
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How?

All iPhones can be charged with an USB-A charger. The port of the charger is irrelevant with regards to the port of the phone. It only affects the cable and the amount of charge you can charge.
 
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Apple maybe had a case when the charger was USB-A, but once they switched the cable to usb-C to lightning, they kind of screwed up. A lot of people don't have usb-c chargers. Also, if you had a cheap one and it fried your phone, is that the consumer's fault or Apples?
 
I've seen many ppl here complaining Apple keeps or raise the prices after they removed the charger. I don't know where you all live. But last time I checked, we have world inflation crisis for the last couple years!

I can see the charging problem for people who don't own a phone now and trying to get a new iPhone. But.. who doesn't have a cellphone now? Anyone really care about their 90 yr old grandma cannot charge her new iPhone 14 Pro Max?

Also, Brazil doesn't care about environmental problem. Google 'Brazil government amazon deforestation'
 
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ArkSingularity said:
I do too, but I don't have very many USB-C charging bricks, almost all of mine are USB-A. Apple switched the charging cable to use a USB-C end, which ended up meaning that a lot of people were going to end up needing to buy a new brick if they didn't have one already.
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How about using an USB-A to Lightning cable with your old USB-A chargers?
Worst, case you would have to buy a cable.

Why do so many people think an USB-C charger is required to charge a new iPhone?
 
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justanotherdave said:
That’s a ridiculous analogy.

It’s more like you get your Big Mac, but want extra mayo so they charge you $0.25 for each packet. Your Big Mac comes exactly as advertised on the menu and most people like it that way. If you want extra you pay.

The iPhone isn’t missing anything to function. It comes with the iPhone and a USB-C to Lightning cable to connect to the existing charger the majority of people own.

Or, maybe all those people whining about Apple adopting USB-C so their iPhone would work with their existing chargers without needing a separate cable were…I don’t know…lying?
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Not a good analogy, first of all the Big Mac doesn't need mayo to fulfill its basic job like the iPhone needs a charging source, you can eat it either way. Secondly it would be more like if the mayo was originally included and then suddenly removed next time you purchase it.
 
What’s the big deal, just increase the price and throw in the charger… if the customer doesn’t want it, subtract $30 (or whatever it costs).

Ideally give the customer the choice but if the gov is forcing them, just add it on.
 
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