iPhone 12 launching without earbuds or wall chargers is compared to eating without chopsticks in China
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The Californian tech giant announced that the iPhone 12 and existing older models will no longer ship with wired earphones and wall chargers, allowing for smaller packaging. This, according to Apple, will help the company deliver more units at once and reduce its carbon footprint.
Most existing iPhone owners already have these accessories from previous phone purchases, and the new phones will continue to ship with USB-C-to-Lightning cables. But many Chinese internet users still found it scandalous that Apple was breaking with tradition.
“I’m fine with not having earphones since I’m using Bluetooth earpods anyway, but removing the charger is just too much … It’s like asking me to eat without chopsticks,” one Weibo user said.
“A smartphone without a charger is an incomplete smartphone,” another wrote.
“We all use AirPods now and chargers have USB ports, so [the wired earphones and wall charger] aren’t that useful to me,” yet another person commented. “Still, even though I’m not using them, it doesn’t mean you should exclude them. What if I start using them again?”
The disbelief of Apple’s decision dovetailed with another Weibo hashtag: “Thirteen Spices”.
