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Apple will no longer ship charging adapters or headphones with any of its iPhones, according to a GSM Arena report.
During its “Hi, Speed” launch event, Apple finally confirmed weeks of rumors that it would be excluding the items from its iPhone 12 box.
Sources close to Apple claimed that the move would offset the additional costs of adding 5G to its smartphones, allowing the company to price the iPhone 12 at the same or similar price to the iPhone 11.
However, Apple’s Vice President of Environmental Policy and Social Initiatives, Lisa Jackson, said the company had decided to take these items out of the box to reduce carbon emissions.
Jackson said there were already more than 2 billion Apple power adapters and 700 million Lightning headphones in circulation worldwide.
In addition to reducing e-waste and the need to extract precious materials, excluding devices reduces the size and weight of the phone case, allowing the company to place up to 70% more products on a shipping pallet. .
“Together, the changes we made for the iPhone 12 reduced more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions a year. It’s like taking 450,000 cars off the road a year, ”Jackson said.
GSM Arena said it learned that this change has now carried over to the iPhone 11, iPhone XR and iPhone SE 2020 cases.
Charging cable problem
Apple’s iPhone 12 box still includes a charging cable, which uses a Lightning to USB-C interface.
This means that many iPhone users with older USB-A adapters will have to purchase a new power adapter to charge their smartphone through an electrical outlet.
The iStore in South Africa currently charges R649 for the 18W USB-C adapter, while the new 20W charger retails for $ 20 in the US.
Alternatively, they could use their older Lightning to USB-A cable with the older power adapter.
This is assuming the cable is still in working condition, since these cables are notorious for breaking.
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