On March 14, the British media "Daily Mail" reported that some experts analyzed that Apple's removal of headphones and chargers from the iPhone packaging has saved Apple a total of at least $6.5 billion (about 41.6 billion yuan).
Apple has said that removing chargers and headphones can use smaller boxes, which will reduce carbon emissions by 2 million tons per year, which is equivalent to the emissions of 500,000 cars.
For Apple's cancellation of the operation of sending chargers, Xiao Lei personally holds a relatively supportive attitude. As a businessman, Cook's many practices are quite chicken thieves, and the charger he sent before was 5V1A for 10,000 years. For Xiao Lei, it is better to send this charger than not to send.
The iPhone 13's 20W fast charge has lagged significantly behind the Android camp, which already has a commercial 150W charge. Fast charging is very good for the user's experience improvement, once you get used to it, it is difficult to go back. Xiao Lei was used to the fast charge of Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro before, the use experience is very good, even after changing the iPhone 13 mini, it will definitely only use a charging head that supports 20W fast charging and above, and the 5V1A charging head originally sent will be shelved.
In terms of canceling the gift of EarPods, Xiao Lei is also relatively positive. Since using the AirPods Pro, EarPods have been completely abandoned by Xiao Lei. Wired headphones are not really wireless headphones in terms of cable management and carrying. For most users, TWS is inevitable to replace traditional headphones. As for those music enthusiasts, they will have their own professional equipment and do not look at the EarPods as a product.
As a consumer, Xiao Lei naturally hopes that manufacturers will not cancel the headphone accessories given away in vain, but should reduce the corresponding price and give the cost in this regard to consumers. Manufacturers may give this part of the cost to consumers, but the key to making manufacturers reduce prices lies in competition.
Last year's Android camp was too crotch-pulling, making the iPhone SE 3 sell for 3499 yuan, compared to the iPhone SE 2 (3299 yuan) the price is 200 yuan higher. Now the competition in the mobile phone market is not limited to mobile phones, but also the competition of the entire consumer electronics ecology such as TWS, smart watches, tablets, etc. Android manufacturers only catch up in all aspects, and the iPhone has a greater possibility of price reduction.