IT House news on March 14, according to the Daily Mail, expert analysis, Apple's practice of removing headphones and chargers from the iPhone box has saved at least $6.5 billion in total.
Apple has said it can use smaller boxes after removing chargers and headphones, a move to reduce waste, and has been praised by environmentalists for claiming that its annual carbon emissions will reduce carbon emissions by 2 million tons, equivalent to 500,000 cars, while critics say that the continued high prices have increased customers' costs and have not become environmentally friendly.
Experts believe that Apple's new iPhone is priced at a whopping 1549 pounds, which can save 27 pounds per phone. Analysts believe that although chargers and headphones are only priced at £19, they cost much less to produce. In total, Apple has saved at least £5 billion (about 41.45 billion yuan) since 2020.
Ben-Wood, principal analyst at expert CCS Insight, said: "Apple is an environmental leader in the mobile phone industry, and eliminating chargers and headphones is one of the many attempts it is making. Of course, Apple's removal of chargers and headphones when selling iPhones is also a small means of cost compression.
Since announcing the move, Apple has sold more than 190 million iPhones worldwide. Thanks to the elimination of chargers and headphones, combined with reduced shipping costs, the total revenue could reach £5 billion, with an estimated £225 million coming from accessory sales.
IT House understands that in 2020, Apple's environmental director Lisa Jackson said: "We know that customers have many chargers in their homes, and producing millions of unwanted chargers will consume resources and increase our carbon emissions." ”
An Apple spokesperson also said last week: "At Apple, we are constantly innovating to conserve resources and protect our common planet. We have achieved carbon neutral operations ourselves, and we have set an ambitious goal of making our entire supply chain and products carbon neutral by 2030. So the sales of every Apple device will have an impact. One of our path of effort is to reduce the materials used in our products and packaging. This important move has reduced carbon emissions by more than 2 million metric tons, equivalent to offsetting emissions from 500,000 cars a year, and other companies are following suit.