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iPhone 13 Models Still Include EarPods in the Box in France
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Are any of you even reading the posted article -- even just the summary?
It's a French law trying to protect children
This should make the ****** phone Android crowd excited. Not certain if they even buy an iPhone if it was a bloated brick with every port under the sun, a removable battery, and an inconsistent App Store filled with malware.
Good thing a bunch of European bureaucrats are dictating product management to Apple.
Good thing a bunch of European bureaucrats are dictating product management to Apple.
Get some over ear Sony’s if you want wireless and fidelity. The included wired headphones are not good. Awkward fit, no isolation, bad lows…
I like this idea a lot but it’s probably a massive difficulty for the supply chain at the scale Apple ships at.
I used to love my AirPods too. But in just 2,5 years of a daily use, the battery last long 20min. My old iPhone 6s EarPods still rocking!! I won’t buy a pair of AirPods again, they has the same durability as a taco in my hands…
Too bad apple will get rid of ports, making wired headphone with iPhone completely and utterly impossible. Next step would be only connecting to AirPods and AirPods Pro.
As sinister as it is, I really can’t think of any other better outcome.
This is a French law, not an EU law. All other eu countries do not require headphones to be Sold with the phone. That being said it’s quite obvious that the removal of charger and headphones has absolutely nothing to do with environment and everything to do with increasing profits.
Exactly!!!
They should have had a system of redeemable codes where if you bought an apple product you could go in store and redeem it and get a free charger/AirPods if you wanted them.
What the actual f*ck.
All four iPhone 13 models still ship with EarPods in the box in France due to a law in the country that requires all smartphones to include a "hands-free kit" in order to protect children under 14 years of age from potential electromagnetic radiation.
10€, which seems reasonable. Bundled stuff always has a lower unit cost. Probably around 5€ for the earpods, and 5€ for the logistics and packaging overhead.
'Kick them out'? What the heck are you on about? Apple should kick the French out of France?
So, Apple is going to become 'the best American company in the world', by refusing to do business in every major economy outside of the US, all of which impose their own laws on Apple and any company doing business in them?
And as a consumer, you value the success of a corporate entity over your personal interests and rights? Go AAPL!!!
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Stand aside Tim, we've found your replacement!
I doubt that will happen anytime soon. Wireless charging has to first catch up to wired charging in terms of speed, efficiency, reliability and price for that to happen, which so far isn't the case.
Some countries and their laws - weird. Does anyone use basic wired earphones? It is like choosing to listen to an AM transistor radio when one has access to lossless spatial audio.
