Exactly because the MacBook Pro's never have issues. MacBook screens are always perfect. MacBook logic boards never die. MacBook keyboards are always perfect. Customers never crack screens. Customers never drop their MacBooks or spill things on them.
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HomePod Mini Cable is Non-Detachable, Ends With USB-C Connector for Use With Included 20W Power Adapter
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As a person with a few USB-C power banks of varying size, I wish everything under a certain power level requirement had a USB-C option!
I WISH you could connect it to a laptop for bigger sound. Heck, get two because I’ve got 4 USB-C ports!
They also showed a breakdown of the internals and I was like, “Ok, soooo, where’s the battery?” Saw the cord in a later scene.
Maybe cables that you tote around and travel with and move from room to room. But stationary electronic devices don't need detachable power cords. I've never had a cord on a TV or toaster or blender or paper shredder or clock or hundreds of other things break or wear out, EVER.
Lots of ways. You move it around from time to time. You move things to dust. You trip over the cable. Your cat gets into mischief.
As a person who's affiliated with a tech company and advertises their products showing power cords are a no no when it comes to presenting products. It's not about deceiving consumers (because we all know you're just picking on Apple purposely) it's about a clean look for presentation sake. If the customer is going to assume something runs on battery just because they don't see a cord then the customer is not doing themselves any favors in terms of being a smart shopper. Anyone buying tech products should do their homework, otherwise they are foolish with their money.
I, for one, am glad they did as I have no usb-c devices (iPhone 11, iPad Pro (2nd gen) and a 2015 rMBP) And, though money is very tight for me, I am seriously considering an AirPod mini. Not everyone has loads of usb-c cables and adapters laying around.
It wasn’t too well hidden, but I do agree that if someone didn’t want to see the cord, they likely wouldn’t see it. I was actually looking for it, so I saw it.
The power supply is built in. You just need the USB-C receptacle tip. Lordy you guys will trash Apple over anything.
Apple sells more phones than pods. So more ewaste from phones.Last week my kids bought me a new phone. I didn’t even remove the charger, headphones or cable from the box. Why? I have at least 3 sets of these lying around the house unused. And that’s just apple chargers.... I have a whole lot more from other electronic devices.
The average home today has way more of these things than they use.
I'm not the guy you're replying to but after over 25 years of using Apple products exclusively I had NEVER ONCE had an Apple cable break. Other 3rd party cables, YES, but Apple cables, never.
Oh please. Give me a break. People will be ready to upgrade to another speaker years before the cable breaks. You guys will come up with all sorts of nonsense as long as it's about Apple.
They are not Apple customers. They are generally people paid by Apple competitors to trash Apple's new products. Happens on every new release.
how do you even break a power cord moving an Electronic equipment to dust??? Trip over it?? What?....why would you have a power cord or ANY cord in a walk path?? Cat mischief?? Ok now you are just being ridiculous
I think the irony lies towards you since that's exactly what you're doing. LOL.
I hope you realize the contradiction in your own post. There's no way Apple will make any profits if customers buy 3rd party chargers.
Maybe Apple is trying to trick you into thinking it is self-powered with a small nuclear power plant inside.
As others have pointed out, the adapters people have are mostly USB A. They can use these with their new phones because they already have USB A to Lightning cables, but they’d be no use with this.
A lot of people don’t think too much about it, they just jump on Apple with the complaint du jour. They don’t bother to think that unlike iPhone, you’re not replacing a previous HomePod mini. And if you buy three or four, you don’t have that many anyway.
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No i’m not. Cords are subject to wear and tear. They are actually the most common part to break. Apple Geniuses hand them out like candy because people are constantly bringing in cables. And apple’s are notoriously fragile.
Just checked the keynote presentation again. I immediately saw the cord. I just love how people pretend that Apple tried to hide it in order to deceive people. I'll bet 100% of the people calling Apple out haven't gone back to the video to check it out. You guys need to stop, seriously. It's getting embarrassing.
Then you’ve been very lucky. Heck, I have a ziploc bag full right here waiting to go back to the apple store once they reopen here. They wear out at the connector ends, and the plastic sheath comes off, sometimes causing shorts. It always happened to magsafe connectors, and it happens now with their lightning and usb-c cables.
in fact, that’s why the rumors about them offering new cables with a weaved covering are so interesting.