iPhone 12 does not come with power charger or earbuds in the box

Authored by 9to5mac.com and submitted by aaronp613

Apple will not include a power charger or earbuds with the iPhone 12, citing environmental reasons. Apple said it will be able to significantly reduce carbon emissions by not having to make the accessories in the first place, in addition to reducing the shipping box size of each iPhone sold.

Apple says doing this will save 2 million metric tons of carbon annually.

Apple VP Lisa Jackson said that there are more than 2 billion power adapters in the world already, so continuing to include them in the box with the iPhone was wasteful. The company also said that more and more customers are switching to wireless charging methods.

The iPhone 12 box will continue to feature the USB-C to Lightning charging cable, but the EarPod earbuds and power adaptor will not. Those accessories will now only be sold separately.

This move will have environmental benefits but the company will draw criticism for penny-pinching customers.

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Sirerdrick64 on October 13rd, 2020 at 18:27 UTC »

Serious question...since the phone still has a lightning port, could we not just ignore the new cable, and use our existing iPad / iPhone charger blocks?

KZedUK on October 13rd, 2020 at 17:47 UTC »

"There's plenty of chargers in the world"

"We're including a USB C to Lightning cable in the box, so it doesn't work with your existing chargers"

baconator41 on October 13rd, 2020 at 17:43 UTC »

Cord is lightning too usb c, a charging brick I would argue most people don't have.