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I feel like this has been covered a lot in this forum, but I for one am happy with the changes. It has been years since I used the earbuds or the charging brick that come with my phones. I typically just leave them in the box to sell with the phone a year later. And I’ve still got a drawer full of charging bricks that I never use.
I am not going to miss the charger or earbuds.
They all have been left untouched in the boxes.
Never needed a silly 5W charger - I use my own - 12W for older phones, 18W for iPhone 12.
Never liked things in my ears - I use wireless bluetooth headsets.
They all have been left untouched in the boxes.
Never needed a silly 5W charger - I use my own - 12W for older phones, 18W for iPhone 12.
Never liked things in my ears - I use wireless bluetooth headsets.
Another day/hour/minute and another identical post.
It’s been covered loads, join in on one of the many other forum threads surely?!
It’s been covered loads, join in on one of the many other forum threads surely?!
Apple is saving the environment 😉
Personally I don’t care as like others, I don’t use the included EarPods and I have plenty of chargers. But I still think it’s a petty move.
If I was a new customer to Apple, I’d be nothing short of pissed paying $1,000+ (if a pro model) and at a minimum not being able to charge my new phone out of the box. There will be those who say “if you can afford a thousand dollar phone you can afford a $20-$30 charger”. Fine, but that undermines the question of “why should I have to in the first place”.
Personally I don’t care as like others, I don’t use the included EarPods and I have plenty of chargers. But I still think it’s a petty move.
If I was a new customer to Apple, I’d be nothing short of pissed paying $1,000+ (if a pro model) and at a minimum not being able to charge my new phone out of the box. There will be those who say “if you can afford a thousand dollar phone you can afford a $20-$30 charger”. Fine, but that undermines the question of “why should I have to in the first place”.
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With that sort of logic the reverse would apply even more in the sense that Apple as a company that is beyond rich can afford to provide that along with an iPhone purchase as they have basically always done. And if it's cutting down on unneeded accessories and packaging, then they still could have come up with some sort of a voucher system or some other option where people can opt in or opt out as the desire without incurring extra costs.
I’d love to see somebody in the year 2020 who drops $1000 on an iPhone and doesn’t have a single USB port in their home to plug the (included) charge cable into. They don’t have a computer? They never owned an iPhone before? Or another phone with a usb charger?
Why is it hard to imagine someone who hasn't had an iPhone before (or since iPhone 4 for example) and hasn't had any USB-C power adapters (given that the included cable has now been changed to that)? Wouldn't exactly be that unusual.
If the phone came with a USB A cable, then I would agree with you totally here, but they switched to including a USB C cable. I think people are much less likely to have a USB C charger just laying around.
But that said, I still agree wholeheartedly with the change. I’m not a fan of waste and I really do believe that most of the earbuds and chargers that come with phones go unused. Just because apple can afford to include chargers doesn’t mean that they should.
As others have noted and the very reason for why I stated the way that I did, Apple changed the cable. So anyone new to the iPhone who does not have a lighting cable, or anyone who does not have a USB-C charging block, is sol. Perhaps you didn’t realize they changed the included cable.
I don't think the charging brick would be a big deal if they'd included fast charging bricks at the higher voltage with all iPhone 11 models. Moving to USB-C at the end, it's going to catch some iPhone 11 users off guard. Plus new iPhone users as well.
I also think many will opt to use third party bricks, so I'm wondering how that'll turn out for the battery considering the varying voltages.
I also think many will opt to use third party bricks, so I'm wondering how that'll turn out for the battery considering the varying voltages.