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Kuo: iPhone 12 Models Won't Include Charger in Box, 20W Power Adapter Will Be Sold Separately
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If the price stays the same while accessories are eliminated, the price actually goes up. For the price to stay the same Apple would have to reduce the cost of their phones.
If this is true I’m done with Apple.
If anyone tries to rationalize this you should be ashamed of yourselves.
If anyone tries to rationalize this you should be ashamed of yourselves.
This is fine. 3DS had no charger, still sold like hotcakes.
Chances are you already have a charger, oftentimes better than the one Apple ships in the box. Less waste is always good.
It will include the lightning cable in the box, so you can just plug it into any USB charger which most people have anyway from an old(er) phone.
Chances are you already have a charger, oftentimes better than the one Apple ships in the box. Less waste is always good.
It will include the lightning cable in the box, so you can just plug it into any USB charger which most people have anyway from an old(er) phone.
How about they include the 5W charger as usual ... and releasing a 20W charger as an accessory?
I'm not buying that. Thats like going to a car dealer, and the dealer said you have to buy the wheels separate.
Here is your new phone, you cant charge it.
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great news! ...but only, if they reduce the price of the iphone accordingly.
Most of us already have many chargers. This will help the environment
Or include a fast charger like Samsung?
On the one hand this reduces waste for an accessory that most people probably already have way too many of, but on the other hand Apple is just doing this to increase their margin, just like they did with the headphone jack adapter.
I remember the time when Apple only recommended using their own branded USB chargers, when batteries were exploding due to cheap no-brand chargers. I wonder if iPhone now have some protection circuit built in to prevent over voltage or something, because it would be quite odd to not include the charger and yet still expect people to buy it from Apple. I guess any USB adapter will have to work, even officially.
I remember the time when Apple only recommended using their own branded USB chargers, when batteries were exploding due to cheap no-brand chargers. I wonder if iPhone now have some protection circuit built in to prevent over voltage or something, because it would be quite odd to not include the charger and yet still expect people to buy it from Apple. I guess any USB adapter will have to work, even officially.
Of course you can, the cable is included just not the brick.
Well I better start saving money to purchase the iPhone 13 chassis separately I guess lol!
Well no the accessories would be an extra cost from apples point of view so if you want same priced phone no accessories...
Question is would people care that much? I mean I have an 18w charger from last year so I need more chargers each year? No...so for me I could care less
Agree...Apple, like companies such as Amazon, will drop deliveries from drones!...LOL
Lol over a Damn charger? Why is this a big deal? Just so we can stockpile chargers in our houses? I have enough Damn cables as it is
Is there any other electronic in the world that is sold without a ready way right out of the box to charge it? They'd get sued in a minute.
HAHAHHAHAHA
I guess this will be a good time to release that airpower, so for people buy the way to charge their iphone
I guess this will be a good time to release that airpower, so for people buy the way to charge their iphone
Probably when you purchase the phone they will ask if you need a charging block, included free, or at a small cost, if needed. This tech is moving towards wireless charging anyway, eventually portless. Personally I have never used the charging blocks.
I was more ticked off when they removed the extension cord from MacBook packaging, which is pretty essential in my practice. Although it's only $19, which when considering the price of a MacBook, isn't much.
I was more ticked off when they removed the extension cord from MacBook packaging, which is pretty essential in my practice. Although it's only $19, which when considering the price of a MacBook, isn't much.
Apple will still sell millions upon millions of phones. Pre-orders will likely suffer this year but that can be attributed to COVID decimating the economy, not Apple's decision to not include a brick in the box (assuming this rumor is true).
any excuse necessary I guess. people who buy Apple products already have their panties down around their ankles. Now they actually turn around and say please, more, I want more! Don’t enable Apple like this. It’s embarrassing.
The 3DS. And no, Nintendo was not sued. It's not a big deal.