Less junk for my drawers. Less junk for the planet. This is laudable. Who DOESN'T have at least four pairs of these floating around already?
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iOS 14.2 Suggests Apple Won't Include EarPods in the Box With iPhone 12
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The new iPhones are rumored to come with lightning to USB-C cables.
About people going wireless, that only supports Apple's actual intention to push people into buying Airpods, not saving the environment.
I don't think it's a problem if the price reflects the reduction in accessories. In 2020, who doesn't have many headphones, earphones or chargers?
I used the ones that came with my XR once.
And only because my Bluetooth headphones hadn’t arrived in the mail yet. So I’m with you on that.
It depends on how much RF is carried through the wires of a wired headphones. (However, I still use my lightning connected earpods on occasion as I have at least 4 extra pair that haven't been opened, not including the one that came with my phone. But if someone wants wired, they can get all hooked up fairly quickly and inexpensively assuming no wired headphones or dongles.)
What are you talking about? I don’t give Samsung the pass. I expect dumb **** from them so I DON’T buy their ****. Doesn’t matter which company. If you do nonsense it will be called nonsense.
“That’s it! They don’t include another worthless charger that I’ve already got a drawer full of, I’m not buying that turd of a phone!”
This is really the hill you folks choose?
If apple or any mobile phone providers actually gave a damn about the environment they wouldn't bring out many new models every single year. They care about money first and last. If they can sell you the idea that they actually care about the environment then their PR dept is doing its job.
The supplied cable is lightning to USB-C, so you need at USB-C charger to use it.
The charging brick yes. I would say they should include a higher wattage charger as most normal people have no idea they can charge their phone faster. Definitely disagree on headphones. You’re on a macrumors forum vs. the real world where most people use earbuds and they wear out over time.
They’re going to just sell the box at to this point. Wasn’t there an article on here stating how elegant the box will be?
Absolutely. I'm looking at my cable bins right now. (A long time in IT has me always keep around cables till they break.) There are two pairs of Apple headphones in there (and that's the non broken ones), and 3 Apple chargers that aren't powerful enough for the current phones or iPads.
With all the devices in our house, we never use a single-jack charger. Anywhere we're going to plug into a transformer we've got a multi-port device. Which means that if three people are connected and pulling power, there's only one device doing power for all three, instead of three devices. I'm not expert on electrical engineering but I have to imagine that three transformers for three devices pulls more juice than one transformer for three devices?
“I don’t have a need for it, so nobody else should either.” Great thinking guys.
Why not allow an opt-in option? What about those who are first time iPhone buyers coming over from Android? There should be courtesy chargers and earpods available.
Speak for yourself. I never used the EarPods and have a third-party charger plug for years. Heck, I live in Europe and purchase all my iDevices in the US, so the bricks are always useless.
With this I'm not saying price should remain the same though. But given that prices are actually reduced, I fully agree with taking those things out.
You don’t, though. You already have a power adapter. You already have a pair of headphones.