LOLOL. Why is that "extremely annoying"? Because you want want want but don't want to pay? Give me a break.I guess the black version is for the Pro versions in an attempt from Apple to make them look more premium. Extremely annoying but expected from them.
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I can't wait until my 70 year old mother in law who has never owned an iPhone but says wants to get one this fall goes to actually buy it and finds out she has to buy the charger separately.Which highlights my point, its just a greed move. They will spin it as environmentally friendly when on the stage “we removed the power brick as most people already have one, this will save x tonnes of e-waste” everybody will clap and woot and then after the product is released people will have to get rid of their current adapters creating x tonnes more e-waste.
This is just a massive anti consumer move and a massive middle finger to the customer. I actually didn’t mind the rumoured removal of the power adapter as I already have plenty, but changing the cable connector on the adapter end on the same product cycle is just a kick in the teeth.
Imagine going to buy your iPhone and the salesman asks if you need an adapter, most people (who might not be technically savvy to know the differences between USB-A and C) will probably say nope I already have one only to get home and realise they cant charge their phone, especially those who have come to iPhones from Android so might not have a stack of lightning cables.
I just hope people don’t buy the overpriced Apple stuff and goes for the cheaper and better built stuff from companies like Anker.
The only thing that Apple may do which would make this a non issue for most would be to include a USB-A male to USB-C female dongle that you can attach to your new cable to make it compatible with your existing chargers, but I suspect this is highly unlikely.
She'll end up not buying it, I guarantee.
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Nope, the minority are people with drawers full of chargers who are happy be ripped off when purchasing their next iPhone. Get lost.Your mother in law is part of a very tiny majority of customers.
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