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Rumors Persist About Apple Selling iPhone 12 Models Without a Charger or EarPods in the Box
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Yea take away everything else. Earbuds aren't essential for the iPhone to function. Power is. And at least one person on here understood that not everyone is like us on here with our 42 bricks and cables and headsets. There will always be smartphone noobs starting from scratch.
Good business move by Apple. However, many consumers may balk at this and stomp their feet or even hold their breath until Apple gives them a charger.
Yea and if you are a heavy user, you can use a pack or a wall charger and still use the phone comfortably. Will never buy a wireless only iPhone until speed, range and availability are much better. When will they ever go up from crappy 7.5??
How wrong can you be ?
EVERY computer I had owned up until this one I upgraded the RAM and the HD as need and money allowed. Hell I even upgraded the RAM in the old TRS-80.
Apple has removed the ability to do this. and your choices are:
1) Buy with with specs you do not initially need at Apples massive markups
2) Sell the old machine for a loss and buy a new machine at Apples massive mark ups
3) Do without
With Apples move to ARM even the option of a hackintosh will be gone.
Upgrade is ALWAYS the first option in reducing ewaste
Repair is the 2nd option, however its not cost effective for Apple products
And don't get me started on their iMac packaging with all the polystyrene in it, or laptop/iPad/iPhone/etc packaging with plastic inserts.
Apples "Green" credentials is 100% marketing ********.
Apples Mantra should be "Throw it away and buy New"
I would love it if Apple surprised everyone by not including the accessories but took the margin hit themselves and reduced the price of the iPhones by $50 giving consumers choice to buy either an ordinary low power charger, a fast charger or no charger; and the earPods cash can be put towards airPods if customers want to.
I don't get if the prices will be the same in countries that still are not ready for 5G. Will the price be lower? If 5G is really impacting the pricing, then why some people still have to pay more for something that won't work in their home country?
I love how everyone just rolls over and accepts less from Apple. “Courage” and “less e-waste”... hardly.
Not everyone has a multitude of chargers at their disposal.
Not everyone has a multitude of chargers at their disposal.
When people are begging Apple to give them less product for more money.
how can you retain any credibility as a sentient human being?
how can you retain any credibility as a sentient human being?
Salesperson: "Okay, yes, we have that one in stock. Now do you need a charger?"
I bet people survive the coming crisis somehow.
I can see them selling the phone without the headphones but a charger come on Apple quit being so cheap.
What less product? The rumored iPhone 12 has a gaggle of tech not in the iPhone 11. And if the price is kept the same...
They are getting more of what they want, and less of what they don’t need.
I currently have a few of those dual-usb chargers lying around the house. I think most people will be just fine.
I have not done a trade in thus far. However, after this new phone comes out, I don't think they'll want the old one.
This is what Apple has become under Tim Cook. All about the money and no longer focusing on the products.
I believe this rumour, but with one caveat. Apple want to upsell, but want to remain tight, so all iPhones come with zero accessories. If u want AirPods or pro, u get them at a reduced price to to retail, so why would they give u EarPods? If u want wireless charging, they sell that to u at a reduced price, so why would they give u a charger? This way, they get the additional sell & save on the kit not included. Granted it’s probably a logistical nightmare, fortunately Apple are very good at logistics!😜
Now that they use standardized USB-C PD chargers that are advancing at a very fast rate and everyone already has them, it makes sense that companies would no longer be providing them. Its a waste. The power supplies are now a commodity and Apple's versions cannot keep up with the other vendors anyways.
Welcome to MacRumors?
anyone that has owned an iPhone/iPad in the past 5 years likely has a dozen cables and wall plugs already. Do you really need another one?
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You can buy said accessories from hundreds of other companies....not just Apple.
Apple have been skimping on accessories for years now. It's the next logical step to improve Timmy's spreadsheets.