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iPhone 12 Models Won't Include Charger or Earbuds in Box, 20W Power Adapter to Launch as Optional Accessory
- Thread starter Strakt
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Price will increase. This is Apple. And selling you 1000$+ phones with :
- No charging adapter
- No headphones
- No sim pin (because saving 1 ct on that metal pin to open the sim holder was critical)
Is just pure greed and has absolutely nothing to do with environmental wastes
already seeing it in this thread and was gonna attempt to respond but it just isn't worth it
another example of why trolling adds nothing but exasperation to the thread
you have to be really obtuse to think that Apple will drop the price
this is a shitty as fuck move, not everyone has chargers and earphones just laying around
I'd have to be obtuse to think something I didn't say I thought, and which you can only guess at?
Sure.
Its a thousand dollar phone and you can get a phone charger for how much?
Consumerism winning over good sense yet again.
This is about the charger, not the cable.
but if you actually want to get into the reduction of waste on cables, how about apple make them out of something that lasts more than a year? their cable quality is universally agreed to be shitty and produces incredible amounts of waste as a result.
And do you really think you're going to see a reduced price from apple? if you do then i guess the special tag really does apply.
I think the best course of action is to make the charger opt in when you buy the phone. No cost, just choose if you want one.
For real... "LeSs WasTe" wanna really help the environment?? Stop buying phones every FUCKING year
It's a shitty move for sure. Especially for people who don't have a charger (however few they may be). You need to be able to charge the phone to use it.
But, if it's an awesome phone that I want to upgrade to, the lack of an included cheap charger is not going to hold me back from getting it.
But, if it's an awesome phone that I want to upgrade to, the lack of an included cheap charger is not going to hold me back from getting it.
-I mean the charger too
-Try reading my post re: what i "think"
-ThE w0rLd cAn onLy dO 1 tHiNg At a tImE
ThE w0rLd cAn onLy dO 1 tHiNg At a tImE
Cool everyone is still going to flock to buy the thing, and Apple will make a killing on selling the faster 20W chargers as well. The logic that everyone has these already and thus don't need one in the box is sound, and it makes more sense to charge $ instead for a premium (20W) charger.
Basically just people yelling at clouds in here.
Gotta find growth in revenue if not actual sales. Won't surprise me to see accessories go up in prices, too.
Come on now. "Hey you've already spent a thousand dollars, why not just spend more money?!" Really?
On the one hand this feels rather cheap, on the other, is there really anyone here who wouldn't be able to charge the phone if it only came with the cable?
At some point I'd rather not have a charger, I already just keep using my old ones and rather not have the unneeded impact to the environment from transporting heavier/bigger boxes.
At some point I'd rather not have a charger, I already just keep using my old ones and rather not have the unneeded impact to the environment from transporting heavier/bigger boxes.
I dont get usb C to lightning. Can most laptops with usb c port charge this iphone 12? Or are there a lot of wall chargers with usb c port now?
No it's not sound anyone defending the lack of a charger is wrong and looks ridiculous. It's pathetic.
They probably have an idea of how many people actually use the included charger, and decided it wasn't enough to justify the increase in box size (removing the charger would massive decrease box size), so they're moving to be an accessory if people want it. Hopefully the price lowers to justify it.
This is all assuming this is actually happening, which it might not at all.
you cannot honestly be defending a company not including a way to charge a product they are selling with the actual product?
dude this is fucking absurd
Apple is gonna Apple. Wouldn't be surprised if they don't include the cable either.
Also people making justifications for this is just hilarious.
Also people making justifications for this is just hilarious.
Cool I'll trust your random hot take opinion over the undoubtedly well researched one reached by Apple's product team. Like them or hate them Apple seldom gets these things wrong, just like the push to eliminate 3.5mm.
I'll totally eat crow if this leads to backlash though. Just remember this post.
As compelling an argument as "C'MON!" is...
Yeah I think if you can't stand to buy a dinky little charger then you are spending too much on the phone in the first place.
I am glad to not get more plastic I don't need.
First thing I thought about, that New 3DS. Shit like this is plain greed.
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Which they got wrong as well. You can fanboy all you want but no charger and no 3.5 are huge and constant fuck up's and deserve to be called out. Your ignorance and defending is sad and really shows you don't know what your talking about.
How stupid do you have to be? it's not about not affording the phone it's about taking things away that shouldn't be removed and fanboys pretending it's a good thing.
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