You forgot about how earlier Big Macs had buns and cheese. That makes the analogy work just like the iPhone issue.
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Apple Ordered to Stop Selling iPhones Without Charger in Brazil [Updated]
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You forgot about how earlier Big Macs had buns and cheese. That makes the analogy work just like the iPhone issue.
Manufacturers are just going to raise prices, they know how to play this game.
What next, every phone should include
head phones ?
case for protection ?
battery pack ?
2 year warranty ?
We consumers pay the price, none of this is free.
Am I the only one who buys a new iPhone when one dies, and doesn't need some silly charger for peasants?
Apple don't give a damn about the environment when it comes to making more money.
No you're not the only one and you know you aren't. But whether you need it or not doesn't change the fact, they should include one. Some people do need one or heck just want a backup if their current one breaks. It isn't too much to ask that a charger be included with your phone.
Ok can we use this phone straight out from the box? Again, not everyone has the extra chargers. Not everyone lives same life as your next door crazy neighbor.
How do you think this is a rip off ?
Apple is not eating the cost of charger right ?
they are getting the cost of the charger from customers.
What they will do now is raise the price of the phone and include thew charger.
Now why should i pay more money for the phone if i already have the charger ?
Why can't people who don't have a charger buy one.
Discriminatory? That’s not quite the word I’d use 😂 but I do support this ruling…the whole environmental thing is understandable yet kinda hard to take seriously, coming from Apple.
not really, if i was given the option i would tell apple to keep the charger, i have enough of them laying around and they are taking up drawer space.
Selling any smartphone without an essential part of it is already illegal under BR laws. It's the same as selling an air conditioner (or TV) without a remote control, a car without wheels... The law says if the accessory is essential to said product, which wired headphones ARE NOT, you can't even sell. Period. If Apple disagrees with that, it can appeal or do business elsewhere...
Companies don't have unlimited freedom to do as they please, it's just like planned obsolescence, which they were sued for. Did you know the same Consumer Code which determined that for Apple chargers specify it's illegal to put any product in the market and don't continue to make replacement parts available for as long as the product in question is still being manufactured or imported?
Even when production or importation is halted, the offer of replacement parts must be maintained for a reasonable time period, in the "form of the law". For how long? There's a decree that states this to never be inferior to the product's life expectancy.
If the law is obscure about this, due to not telling us how many * YEARS *, then past court decisions can be used or we may have an individual evaluation of each case. To me, it's not reasonable for a company that earns so much money (since everything they sell is so expensive) to use a lame excuse just to make more profit, considering that if you buy the charger after you get the iPhone, you are shipping it, too, and probably not contributing to "save the planet", which would be the case if they were sold together.
Apple in this case is assuming they are only selling to repeat customers, and this is false. Even if that's the case, you would probably not sell your used phone (after getting the latest-gen) without a charger.
before you order the phone you should know if you have a charger or not, if you don't have charger then you just order a charger.
I have kids at home i am not going to use iPhone with out a case so Apple should ship every iPhone with a protection case ?
If i have a charger why should i pay extra for the charger when i don't need it.
Why is remote essential for air conditioner ?
Government decides what is essential ?
Why, why can't people decide what they want/need ?
I have kids at home i won't use iPhone with out case, so government should make case essential ?
at the end of the day customers are paying for the charger, it is not free.
They did not reduce the price when they stopped including the charger so you're still paying for the charger and just not getting it.
I defended Apples decision to remove the charger but always felt they should have made buying one with a phone like $10. Full price otherwise.
And free if you returned your old power brick for recycling.
And free if you returned your old power brick for recycling.
I admire you for still sticking with 5W but that doesn't hold up for the pace of life most of us are already adjusted to. And I'd gladly get that charger but why make me do the extra work of going through different cables / charges and figuring out the "right one"? Just let me decide whether I want the phone that comes with the charger (at extra price or not) or the phone that does not so that I can get on with my life?
A computer's USB-C connection doesn't guarantee that it can fast charge a phone, let alone an iPhone. Plus, iPhone users don't necessarily correspond to people with modern computers at least here in India. And why would you want to take your computer with you whenever you want to charge your phone?
Starting in 2022, when you buy a Tesla and certain other electric vehicles they now don't come with a charger for the vehicle. Seems Elon holds the same opinion as Apple and other tech companies on this subject..
insideevs.com
www.theverge.com
Tesla No Longer Includes Charging Equipment With Vehicles; Cites Statistics
We examine the news that Tesla will no longer include the mobile connector as standard equipment on all new Tesla vehicles.
insideevs.com
Tesla will no longer include mobile connectors with every car
Musk says including the connector is “wasteful.”
www.theverge.com
All the people who support this ruling think that they are getting a free charger.
That assumptions is not true.
We the consumers are paying for the charger.
There is no free meal.
This is similar to free education, free health care.
Some one has to pay it, and Corporations are not paying for it for sure.
So now with this new law people who already have a charger are paying more money for charger even though they don't need one.
Thanks to government of Brazil for forcing me to pay for something that i don't need.
That assumptions is not true.
We the consumers are paying for the charger.
There is no free meal.
This is similar to free education, free health care.
Some one has to pay it, and Corporations are not paying for it for sure.
So now with this new law people who already have a charger are paying more money for charger even though they don't need one.
Thanks to government of Brazil for forcing me to pay for something that i don't need.
it does, cable with 15 amp adapter.When you buy a Tesla, it now doesn't come with a charger for the vehicle. Seems Elon holds the same opinion as Apple and other tech companies on this subject..
Tesla No Longer Includes Charging Equipment With Vehicles; Cites Statistics
We examine the news that Tesla will no longer include the mobile connector as standard equipment on all new Tesla vehicles.
In US for sure.
Most customers. i tried to count. I have like 20-30 USB-ports already. Thats the point.
The port of the iPhone doesn't affect the charger at all.
Also, a cable has much less carbon foot print than chargers, but yes, it would be even better for Apple's carbon footprint to not include cables either.
"Apple is also removing the power adapter and EarPods from iPhone packaging, further reducing carbon emissions and avoiding the mining and use of precious materials, which enables smaller and lighter packaging, and allows for 70 percent more boxes to be shipped on a pallet. Taken altogether, these changes will cut over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually, equivalent to removing nearly 450,000 cars from the road per year."
Apple introduces iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G
Apple today announced iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, features 5G and advanced technologies for users who want the most out of iPhone.
www.apple.com
"We’re also focusing on the accessories we ship with each product. In 2020, iPhone 12 and Apple Watch Series 6 devices shipped without power adapters in the box. The change allowed for smaller, lighter packaging. It also allowed us to fit up to 70 percent more products on a shipping pallet—which, in turn, helps reduce emissions associated with shipping. This change also eliminated the need for significant quantities of plastic and zinc since power adapters comprise our largest usage of these materials."
And
battery back up.
protection case.
Fast USB C charger.
wireless charger.
2 year warranty including damage to display from drop.
You can bully them into giving anything you want, but you are not getting it for free for sure.
they will jack up the prices, it is easy solution for Apple.
We consumers who don't need charger get screwed and pay more for something we don't need.
there is no free meal.
Apple will charge customers for the charger.
In both articles as well as the others I can find they no longer will be included.. KIA also will not include charging equipment for there new EV. The Tesla Gen1 connector will now cost you $200 Gen2 is $275