Based on what supply chain are saying. Remember when we expected price increase for 5G well we won’t and if there’s no power brick I can see why
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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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Based on what supply chain are saying. Remember when we expected price increase for 5G well we won’t and if there’s no power brick I can see why
This is a good idea but I'm not sure if Apple are willing to reduce the iPhone's price point now that people are willing to spend over $1000 and have rationalized this price hike across the industry (iPhone X was the ground breaker).
I think at this point, most people already own numerous headphones & chargers. It is not environmentally friendly to keep including them. Hopefully Apple will reduce the price of the iphone accordingly, but i wouldn’t count on it. Still, i think this is a good move on Apple’s part. It makes sense. And is better for the environment. Less waste. most people have headphones & chargers already. If you need another, buy them separately. I am not upset about this news.
The future is wireless. And I don't expect that any smartphone manufacturer will ever include a charging mat in the box.
It’s going to be standard for android soon too you can bet on that...fairly fragile? I would like to know what people do with their chargers. In 10 years I’ve never had cables break for no reason. If anything that’s user error
The US price is without sales tax. It's EU tax that raises the price significantly compared to US prices with sales tax, unfortunately.
This is not impossible, but I’m guessing it’s wrong. Even the almighty Kuo has been wrong before. If Apple did this, it’d have nothing to do with greed, any more than killing wired headphone, optical media, and the floppy drive had to do with greed, contrary to the predictable accusations. Like these other examples, it would be to push us into newer tech, wireless charging in this case. A wireless future has obviously been on Apple’s mind for a long time. There are a few reasons I’d hesitate to embrace mandatory wireless charging, but have no doubt that having an eye on that future is why Apple would kill the bundled brick.
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Lol you act like a $5 charger would increase costs that much.
Those chargers cost Apple $2.
Remember the days of the "Microsoft Tax?" That is, when the costs of ownership for a Windows computer were hidden (e.g. anti-virus software and malware clean-up). Welcome to the days of Tim Cook's "Apple Tax."
Remember the days of the "Microsoft Tax?" That is, when the costs of ownership for a Windows computer were hidden (e.g. anti-virus software and malware clean-up). Welcome to the days of Tim Cook's "Apple Tax."
But it’s not $5, plus the cost is more distribution than the cost of the charger
A reduction in the purchase price will be the ONLY acceptable reason. Anything else is ugly. I hope you’re right!
It’s truly amazing to see how a company like Apple is able to brainwash their customers. There is no rage, no hate towards Apple except pure admiration. The NSA can use some tips from Apple and what’s more insane is that the cult mentality extends so far reaching people will defend this company regardless of what’s right or wrong.
I will leave the conversation now with the following. When will it be enough for you to see this profit making company isn’t for your best interests. Taking away common sense items and charging you the same isn’t even enough to convince you.
There will be a course in colleges. Marketing strategies from Apple. A whole book on how to distort reality and even after reading this book the very same people still won’t get it.
I didn't say there are USB ports in walls. I said there are USB ports scattered all over the house, from power bricks to speakers to TVs. I have something like 3 dozen USB ports in my place, not a single one of them is in the wall, and I have less than 10 power outlets.
It's not the charger price per se. That's peanuts.
Logistics is where Apple will save money. They can make their boxes smaller, lighter, and save millions in the process.
While I am totally opposed to Apple's move (if it's true), I can see this as a way around the EU. The EU demands Apple ship the iPhone with multi-system charging brick, claiming it's unfair if they don't. So Apple stops shipping charging bricks anywhere. No more favoritism and unfairness. Everyone is treated the same, right... right?
1. Not everyone has a lightning headphone.
2. Most chargers on the market have USB-A on it, not USB-C. Only few flagship Androids include a USB-C charger. Even on majority of Android, if the phone has USB-C, the charger is still USB-A.
It's going to be even worse in markets like Asia where iPhone prices are already having 20-30% markup on top of US MSRP. If Apple really did this, I hope it's just for certain markets like the EU.
How do you figure that? People who bought phones would still get a new charger in the box with each phone, accumulating them beyond their needs, regardless if the charger was good or not.
It's completely rational and sensible but you're clearly incapable of recognizing this.
Steve thought this was so important that he once mentioned a box redesign during a keynote. I think it was when the iPod box stopped being a cube.
If I don’t get my charger, I will have to buy more Hamsters to fuel my use.