In fact, on the day of the iPhone12 press conference, Apple CEO Cook announced the cancellation of free chargers and headphones, including data cables, in the name of environmental protection.
That said, Apple's new phones will no longer send phone accessories. That is, you need to spend extra money to buy original accessories. This news has also caused dissatisfaction among many users, but dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and many users have been paying for it for a long time.
Apple's charging head 20W original according to the official price of 149 yuan, the total sales have been hundreds of millions, really can not imagine how big this market space.
On April 21, Apple will pay 7,000 yuan to a Brazilian consumer, why did Apple pay this consumer 7,000 yuan, because the consumer sued the company that there is no charger in the iPhone packaging.
According to article 39 of the Brazilian Consumer Protection Law, "collocation sales" is an abusive and prohibited practice in Brazil, so the sale of mobile phones and charging plugs is not allowed separately. The court ruled that Apple had to compensate the buyer 5,000 Brazilian reals (about 6,943 yuan).
Apple argued in court that the iPhone comes with a C2L data cable, and USB-C interface chargers abound, not necessarily using Apple's original style. In addition, Apple once again reiterates that its approach is environmentally friendly.
But in the end, the court ruled that Apple had to compensate the buyer in BRL 5,000 (about 6,943 yuan).
In October 2020, Apple announced that in response to environmental protection, the iPhone no longer comes with a charger
The iPhone product family no longer comes with power adapters and EarPods.
At the time, Apple explained that all of these initiatives could reduce carbon emissions by more than 2 million tons per year. The new iPhone has a lot of new features to attract consumers to buy, and this pricing is also appropriate. At the same time, users already have a large number of headphones and power adapters, which is also for environmental protection.
After that, Apple was spat on social media because the iPhone no longer came with a charger and headphones.
Last year, Apple was fined 13 million yuan for not equipping a charger
In March 2021, a foreign regulator no longer imposed substantial penalties for not shipping chargers and headphones with iPhones.
According to US technology media reports, on March 20, 2021, local time, because Apple did not include a charger in the sale of the iPhone 12, Procon-SP, a public consumer protection agency in São Paulo, Brazil, issued a fine of $2 million (about 13 million yuan).