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Despite mocking Apple for not including a charger with the iPhone anymore, Samsung and Xiaomi are now expected to follow suit and remove the charging adapter from their upcoming smartphones.
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Along with the announcement of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, Apple announced that it would no longer include the charging adapter in all new iPhones, citing environmental concerns. The move was publicly criticized by rival smartphone makers Samsung and Xiaomi.
The day after the announcement of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, Xiaomi posted a video promoting the Mi 10T Pro on social media showing the unpacking of a charger accompanied by the comment “Don’t worry, we didn’t leave anything out of the box.”
Samsung also posted an image of a charger with the text “Included with your Galaxy” and the message:
Your #Galaxy gives you what you are looking for. From the most basic as a charger, to the best camera, battery, performance, memory and even 120Hz display.
Despite these social media posts clearly mocking Apple’s decision, it is now believed that Samsung, based on regulatory filings, will remove the charger from the Galaxy S21, which will be released on January 14. This may be more likely now. considering that Samsung has removed its “most basic as a charger” post from social media entirely, as found out HTTech.
Xiaomi’s CEO Lei Jun has also confirmed on Weibo that the company’s upcoming Mi 11 phone will not come with a charger due to environmental concerns. Jun said that smartphone users already have many chargers, so including another with the Mi 11 would contribute to an unnecessary environmental burden:
Xiaomi Mi 11 is officially presented with a completely new packaging, so light and thin.
Behind the thinness, we made an important decision: in response to the call of technology and environmental protection, Xiaomi 11 canceled the included charger.
Today, everyone has a lot of idle chargers, which is a burden on you and the environment. We are aware that this decision may not be understood or even be the subject of complaints. Is there a better solution between industrial practice and environmental protection?
IPhones now ship without wired EarPods or a power adapter in the box, with just a Lightning to USB-C charging cable included. With these accessories removed, all new iPhones now ship in a slimmer box. Apple touts the environmental benefits of no longer including these accessories, noting that the measure reduces carbon emissions and avoids mining and the use of rare earth elements.
With a major competitor no longer offering accessories like the power adapter and EarPods, Samsung and Xiaomi may now believe that consumers are prepared to buy accessories separately. Samsung and Xiaomi are known to follow similar trends set by Apple in the past. For example, Samsung mocked Apple for removing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 in 2016 before mirroring the decision and launching the Galaxy A8 2018 without a headphone jack.
