I think it's great that Apple started this and now others are following. A lot of people buy a new smart phone every year on whatever upgrade plan they are on, others keep their's for 2 or 3 years and some even for 4 or 5, but the fact is that a wall charger lasts for much longer than that so why add thousands of tons of plastic and other components when it's not necessary. And if you don't think it's that much, just do the math. Each year hundreds of millions phones are sold, maybe even a Billion. If the wall adapter weighs an ounce, 25 or 30 grams and if there are a Billion a year that is 250 metric tons of plastic in one year alone. Add all the other devices like headphones, speakers and so on and it's a multiple of that. Most such devices already don't include wall plugs any more so why should a phone. Nowadays you can get wall outlets which in addition to your 2 regular sockets include 2 or so USB ports, get one of these in a few places in your house and you rarely ever would need an external wall adapter any more. As far as I am concerned Apple can stop selling a cable with the iPhone as well, I have a collection of them from previous phone purchases and other third party ones because I often find I want a longer cable than the 3-foot one provided and then of course there is the fact that I rarely ever use a cable any more since I bought a few wireless charging pads several years ago when I got my iPhone 8 which supported wireless charging and I much prefer that over having to plug it in.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Maria Campbell Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 8:21 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone 12 Pro Max Unboxing Warning My SE2020 didn't come with a charger either. The first one in my time of owning iPhones. Maria Campbell lucky1i...@gmail.com All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. --Edmund Burke On 6/7/2021 7:00 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: > The stock package for an iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with a charging > cable, but no charger. This is the first phone I've had, starting with > the venerable 4S, where no little charger cube was hiding ina nook or > cranny in the main iPhone box. What you do get is a charging cable, > and thereby hangs another tale, because you need to know that the end > that's supposed to go into your little charging cube wall wart that > you don't get, that connector is not USB-A--it's USB-C. So if you > don't have any USB-C charger wall warts in the house, you're going to > be kiind-of stuck until you either get one or buy the accessory kit > from your phone store or provider that contains a case and the new > wireless MagSafe charging square. I got lucky--I didn't foresee this > problem, but I did want the wireless charging option plus the case > plus the screen protection. > > > Oh yeah, no earbuds either. > > > The above aside, they've done a clever thing regarding installing the > tempered glass screen protector--you now get a plastic form that > neatly fits over the iPhone itself. What you do with it is, you turn > it upside down and lay it on a flat surface, oritent yourself with the > tempered-glass screen protector so you know which is the end with a > notch cut out of it--that's the earpiece end, take it out of its > wrapping and sheathing, and lay it very gently adhesive side up in the > plastic form. Then, orient the phone itself in the same way as the > screen protector, remove its packaging covering, and lay it down into > the form on top of the adhesive backing of the screen protector. By > doing this, the screen protector is absolutely assured of being in > perfect position on the front side of the phone, and you don't get any > fingerprints anywhere. The slightest bit of oil from your fingers on > the front side will diminish the ability of the screen protector's > adhesive side to stick to the phone's glass face, and this new way of > applying these rigid-glass protectors seems to be a great thing, > especially for blind people. I wish I'd've had this for the XS Max > last year. If I did, I probably wouldn't have put it on ever so > slightly crooked, and it might not have come off about five months > later, also probably due to my having touched the screen and polluting > the surface with my body fluids (LOL) to orient it when putting it on. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/79bcc3e5-677d-6ba0-6675-e9957e7af563%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SJ0PR06MB786232B0BC2FA3B8BE29484AC7379%40SJ0PR06MB7862.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
