A change that Samsung made to the Samsung Galaxy S21 line was not an addition, but a loss, as it does not include charging plugs or headphones in the box, and the company has now confirmed that this change will not be limited to the line Galaxy S21.
In a question and answer post on the company’s mobile press page, Patrick Chomet, EVP and head of Samsung’s Customer Experience Office, said the following:
“We believe that the gradual removal of the charger plugs and headphones from the packaging of our device can help solve sustainable consumption problems and remove any pressure that consumers may feel to continually receive unnecessary charger accessories with new phones.”
A gradual change
From this, it appears that the goal is to no longer include a charging plug or headphones with any Samsung phone – or any other relevant Samsung device. However, the mention that this is a “gradual removal” suggests that it will not be a sudden change.
In other words, some future Samsung phones will probably still have one or both of the items in the box, but others probably won’t, and over time they will become less common.
Samsung also gave reasons for its removal, explaining that many of its customers are reusing their old accessories and that failing to include a charging plug or headphones is more environmentally sustainable. The company also notes that it has been including standard USB-C charging ports since 2017, which means that older chargers will still work with newer Samsung Galaxy devices.
As for the next phones that will keep or lose their chargers and headphones, we can only really speculate for now, but it is likely that at least the Samsung Galaxy S22 line doesn’t have these things in the box, since the S21 line doesn’t ‘ t.
Via Phone Arena