Samsung following Apple & not gonna include free Power Adapters w/ Smartphones Next Year

[JordanWearinThe45]

Samsung may not include chargers in the boxes of some of its smartphones starting in 2021, according to a report from Korean news site ETNews. The company is taking them out because many people already have chargers and to help reduce costs, the report says.

While not including a charger in the box might seem like a big move, Samsung reportedly isn’t the only major phone maker considering it. Apple may do something similar by not including a charger with this year’s iPhone lineup, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple may also phase out the 5W and 18W chargers that currently come with iPhones (depending on which model you buy) and instead offer a new 20W fast charger that will be sold separately, said Kuo.

Removing chargers from phone boxes could be a major way for Samsung and Apple to lower the costs of selling their phones and make their phone packaging smaller, but it could also have a significant impact on the environment. Taking them out of some of the top-selling smartphones could help reduce the number of chargers that go unused and are thrown away because people already have a bunch more scattered around their house. My colleague Dieter Bohn laid out a convincing case for why Apple not including a charger with the next iPhone could be a good thing, and I suggest you give it a read.

Samsung reportedly won’t include chargers with some phones starting next year

 

[Phillyrider807]

I thought this whole thing was them not including the actual power cable. If it's just the adapter then yea i don't care. I have literally over 10 of them scattered around in my house.

 

[Deltron]

 

[Rekkapryde]

Pathetic. Anything to increase margins....

 

[TripleAgent]

Bullshyt.

 

[JordanWearinThe45]

@Art Barr keep that same energy bucko

 

[Stir Fry]

I thought this whole thing was them not including the actual power cable. If it's just the adapter then yea i don't care. I have literally over 10 of them scattered around in my house.

+1. I do think it's kinda bunk that the phone supports fast charging, but they were still giving out standard adapters with them though. An 18w charger isn't just something that I've had laying around my house en masse.

 

[ORDER_66]

So no headphones, no charger, no headphone jack... just the exobirtant a$$hole phone.... So they want you to buy an out of pocket charger specific to this new phone outta pocket or is it still usb c??? and buy some blutooth headphones even though they acquired beats and can put the cheapest models in the box for free... fukking apple and samsung man...

 

[King Sun]

yeah google pixel is looking better and better each day.

 

[-DMP-]

Feels like including chargers is a hold over from back when phones were unique af and had proprietary chargers. This isn’t really the case these days as all of them are just a base usb chargers.

the more I think about it, I don’t feel this is a big deal as long as the cord is the box still.

 

[Boolean]

companies literally worth $1,000,000,000,000+ charging $1200 for phones talking about “reducing cost” smd

 

[GoldenGlove]

So no headphones, no charger, no headphone jack... just the exobirtant a$$hole phone.... So they want you to buy an out of pocket charger specific to this new phone outta pocket or is it still usb c??? and buy some blutooth headphones even though they acquired beats and can put the cheapest models in the box for free... fukking apple and samsung man...

It's 2020, my parents are in their 60s and they have a plenty of chargers, headphones and accessories already. You'll be fine.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

all good I don't buy $1000 dollar phones anyway

frugal gang

 

[Supercoolmayo]

Soon the phone won't be included in the box, you gotta buy that separately

 

[GoldenGlove]

Soon the phone won't be included in the box, you gotta buy that separately

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