It's called design over function. The reason why the cable breaks is bc they gotta make it look pretty. They don't have the thick ends to keep it from fraying.
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iPhone 12 Models Ship in Thinner Box Without EarPods or Charger
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As many have said - so I can either not use the new cable for a power box, at gym, at airport, etc. or I can go buy several USB-C power boxes (1 for home, 1 for office, 1 for travel etc.). I admire trying to save the environment but this won't. People will just throw their own boxes and cables in the trash -
Good idea but...
Good idea but...
While they get to save money on all of that rather than or at least in addition to the consumers.
No new power adapter is needed: you can use the existing power adapter and cable you have with your current iPhone.
Exactly it’s completely misleading. The old bricks are just that bricks!
Count me in, our foot print will be bad because instead of using what we already have at home we need to buy that too!
Except this isn't helping the environment when you need to either buy it online or go to a store and spend gas, packaging, paper, and time.
You'd think for a company that wants to help the environment they'd make better cable that don't break after a few moths of use. Or better yet not release a new iPhone every year? or no that would cut into their profit can't do that.
The main point there is that they are removing the power adapter because many people already have one. But they are still keeping the cable. Yet they are changing the cable so that it would need a different power adapter. There's a disconnect there with that.
Beyond that, it effectively means you are paying the same type of prices and getting basically nothing but just the phone itself. You get to use your older adapters with older more worn out cables in the meantime. Nice for Apple to save money certainly, while at the same time no benefits at all to the consumer and essentially only downsides with needing either different power adapters or more cables to replace older ones.
Just checked Apple Germany, Italy and Spain. France appears to be the only country with included earpods.
What’s irksome to me is that all of the benefits are for them, not the end user ultimately. They’ll be able to fit more iPhones on a truck, save in production costs etc but the user is still paying the same amount. There‘s no denying it’s great for the environment, but a drop in price of $30 or a credit for Apple Music would go a long way.
Most people probably won't have to buy anything at all to charge their iPhone; their existing adapter and cable will work fine. I too have had cables go bad from time to time...but I currently have (looks around room) one at my bedside, one plugged into my iMac, one in the living room, and two (one short, one long) in my car, all in fine condition. And that's not counting my partner's, she has a couple more.
(We even have an old iPad 3 that uses the 30-pin connector...we still have one of those, too)
Next year they will make the box smaller by not including the iPhone. You can use your old one too.
I don't think I would have that much of a problem with Apple removing the Charger and the EarPods to accommodate their margins, except they just have to gloat and spin it around as a courageous environmental move.
B.S, it's a happy side effect and an afterthought. Had it been purely for the environmental factor, then I reckon they'd shave it off the price tag or accommodate those who do still want them, which would have been win = win.
B.S, it's a happy side effect and an afterthought. Had it been purely for the environmental factor, then I reckon they'd shave it off the price tag or accommodate those who do still want them, which would have been win = win.
If they really cared for a better environment they'd stop releasing a new iPhone every year. A new phone every year is more damaging than any amount of cables included in a box. lets be real for a second.
You know they won't do that because that would severely effect their profit. People really believe that Apple did this for the environment. You people are so naive. Do people forget Apple is a company first and are meant to make profit?
If they don't, then they get a USB charge with the new phones and all they need to do is buy an adapter, big whoop. And if the can't afford the adapter then they probably shouldn't be buying the phone either.
The problem is that they’re charging you the same (or more!) for less stuff and an overall worse experience. How can you not see that? They’re taking advantage of consumers all while hiding behind the thinly-veiled mask of “environmental friendliness.” It’s a lie, and a scheme to get more money for selling less.