A few months after chasing Apple for not including an iPhone charger, two competitors are now doing exactly the same thing.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the Mi 11 will come without a charger and Samsung deleted a Facebook post over the weekend that mocked Apple’s move, which may suggest that the Galaxy S21 will also have no charger when it launches in January.
When Apple announced the iPhone 12 and all future releases would be released without chargers, Samsung and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi took the opportunity to mock the Cupertino company.
Samsung posted a photo of a Galaxy charger, with the caption ‘included in the Galaxy’.
A day later, Xiaomi tweeted a video promoting its Mi 10T Pro, showing a being carried out of the box, with the caption, ‘Don’t worry, we didn’t leave anything 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 already been deleted, which leads some to speculate that a charger will not be included in the next Galaxy S21
Law unveiled the M11 over the weekend, stating that its ‘light and thin’ packaging was because the company decided to stop including a charger.
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 a burden on you and the environment,” said Lei.
‘We are well aware that this decision may not be understood or even complain about. Is there a better solution between industry practice and environmental protection? ‘
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi roasted Apple a day after the charger was announced. Less than four months later, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed that the Mi 11 will also come without him
Apple unveiled the new iPhone 12 during a live event on October 13, revealing that the $ 799 smartphone would not come with a charger and EarPods, just a Lightning to USB-C charging cable.
Assuming users don’t have them yet, these accessories would cost an additional $ 90.
Or they can shell out $ 39 for a MagSafe charger and $ 49.99 for Beats Flex wireless headsets instead.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, said during the event: ‘Customers already have more than 700 million Lightning headphones and many customers have switched to a wireless experience.’
Apple announced that it would no longer include a charger and EarPods with iPhones would reduce more than 2.2 million tons of carbon emissions per year and limit mining of rare earth elements
“There are also more than 2 billion Apple power adapters out there in the world, not to mention the billions of third-party adapters.”
“We are removing these items from the iPhone case, which reduces carbon emissions and prevents mining and the use of precious materials.”
The technology giant says the decision to remove the two accessories will cut more than 2.2 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
By Apple estimates, this equates to almost 450,000 cars being taken off the road annually
But Apple customers were outraged, with many calling the environmental justification a lame excuse to hide their desire to charge more for less.
A Twitter user mentioned the fact that Apple eliminated the charger and EarPods to reduce packaging, but is now encouraging people to buy two separate devices, in separate packaging.
On Twitter, iPhone users expressed their anger over Apple’s decision to stop sending chargers and EarPods with new phones
“Soon, they will take your screen, and you will have to connect one with a dongle,” tweeted another. ‘Anyone on the hype for any new iPhone is a shill. ‘Oh, it’s 5G capable now!’ As well as tons of better and 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 environmental benefits cannot be ignored”.
Apple CEO shows off the new iPhone 12 at a launch event in October
He wisely predicted that ‘Apple’s decision will likely mean that in many cases the days of a charger and headphones included in a new smartphone are over.’
Samsung did not make an official announcement, but it would follow a pattern for the company: according to MacRumor, Samsung abandoned Apple in 2016 to remove the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, but soon launched the Galaxy A8 2018 without a headset. heard jack.