Selling a phone without a charger? The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology responded

"Selling a phone without a charger? Some original chargers sell for a few hundred bucks online. ”

Recently, some people have left a message on the "leadership message board" of the People's Network to "complain", dissatisfied that some mobile phone manufacturers do not have chargers in the name of environmental protection when selling mobile phones.

In response, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology responded:

Regarding the separation of mobile phones and power adapters, manufacturers in the premise of protecting consumers' right to know and the right to choose independently, develop their own marketing strategies, in the promotion of sales, product packaging and list clearly inform consumers of products and accompanying materials, by the consumers themselves choose whether to buy or not.

At present, some manufacturers do not attach chargers according to the convention, breaking the inertial thinking of consumers, such as Apple, Samsung, etc., and there are also cases of simultaneously selling two versions without chargers and with chargers, such as Xiaomi, which are in line with the principle of consumer autonomy.

On the other hand, because this issue does not involve personal health and life and property safety, etc., the individual needs of consumers vary greatly, and the feasibility of industry management needs to be further studied.

In the next step, we will call on enterprises to revise their marketing strategies, promote manufacturers to effectively take into account the relationship between the actual needs of users' consumption, environmental protection and commercial interests, encourage and support the marketing strategies of users' personalized choices, and protect users' right to know and their right to make their own choices.

At the same time, guide consumers to correctly view the problem.

Do you think you should buy a mobile phone with a charger?

Source: People's Daily News