Just a few months after Apple dragged out to no longer include a charger with the iPhone, two competitors are now doing exactly the same thing.
Xiomi CEO Lei Jun has confirmed that the Mi 11 will arrive without a charger, and Samsung deleted a Facebook message over the weekend mocking Apple’s move.
When Apple announced the iPhone 12 and all future versions will be shipped without chargers, Samsung and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi ran the opportunity to have fun at the Cupertino company.
Samsung has posted a photo of a Galaxy charger, with the caption ‘included with your Galaxy’.
A day later, Xiaomi tweeted a video promoting its Mi 10T Pro, with a charge that did not sit in the box, with the caption ‘Do not worry, we left nothing out of the box. ‘
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In October, after Apple announced that iPhones would no longer come with chargers, Samsung posted this message on Facebook. It has since been wiped out, resulting in a charger not being with the upcoming Galaxy S21
Lei unveiled the M11 over the weekend, declaring that it was ‘light and thin’ packaging because the company decided not to include a charger anymore.
Like Apple, he said the decision was “in response to the call for technology and environmental protection”.
“Today, everyone has a lot of idle chargers, which is both a burden for you and the environment,” Lei said.
‘We are well aware that this decision may not be understood or even complained about. Is there a better solution between industry practice and environmental protection? ‘
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi roasted Apple a day after announcing the charger. Less than four months later, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the Mi 11 would also be without one
Apple unveiled the new iPhone 12 at a live rally on October 13, revealing that the $ 799 smartphone would not come with a charger and EarPods, just a lightning-to-USB charging cable.
Assuming users haven’t had it yet, the accessories would cost $ 90 extra.
Or they can shell out $ 39 for a MagSafe charger and $ 49.99 for Beats Flex wireless headphones in their place.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, said at the event: “Customers already have more than 700 million Lightning headphones, and many customers have switched to a wireless experience.”
Apple has announced that they will no longer include a charger and EarPods with iPhones will reduce more than 2.2 million tons of carbon emissions per year and limit the exploitation of rare earth elements.
“There are also more than 2 billion Apple power adapters in the world, and that doesn’t count the billions of third-party adapters.”
“We take these items out of the iPhone box, which reduces carbon emissions and avoids the exploitation and use of precious materials.”
The technology giant claims that the decision to remove the two accessories will reduce more than 2.2 million tons of carbon emissions per year.
According to Apple’s calculations, it works the same as nearly 450,000 cars taken off the road annually
But Apple customers were furious, with many calling the environmental rationale a lame excuse to hide a desire to charge more for less.
One Twitter user raised the fact that Apple has eliminated the charger and EarPods to reduce packaging, but now encourages people to buy two separate devices in separate packaging.
On Twitter, iPhone users expressed their anger over Apple’s decision to stop charging chargers and EarPods with new phones
“Soon they will take your screen, and then you have to attach one with a dongle,” tweeted another. ‘Anyone who’s on a hype train for any new iPhone is a shill. “Oh, it could be 5G now!” So too tons of better, cheaper brands. With a charger. ‘
Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight, said at the time of the announcement that while it was easy to be skeptical about Apple’s announcement, “the benefits to the environment cannot be ignored.”
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He said softly: “Apple’s decision will probably mean that the days of a charger and headphones included with a new smartphone are over in many cases.”
Samsung did not make an official announcement, but it would follow a pattern for the company: According to MacRumor, Samsung dipped into Apple in 2016 to remove the headphone jack of the iPhone 7, but then immediately the Galaxy A8 2018 without a to release headphones. jack.