I call bullshit on the given reason
Environment. Also money. I dunno why people are still complaining when, much like the headphone jack, the competition are now doing the same
I feel like I’m starting the obvious. It’s so they can sell them to you.
Money.
It’s always about money…
Not including these items allows them to make smaller boxes, which means they can fit more of them in a shipment, which means they save money… and that’s not even including the amount they saved by not giving away those items.
Money
To cut the price of the phone. The cheapest AirPods is $130, brick $20. That’s $150 off then you can buy both for 1/3 the price on Amazon.
Everytime Apple doesn’t raise the price, they need to make up the inflationary costs somewhere. If boxes weigh less and/or can fit more in a cargo container, they are gonna do it.
Money obviously. Same reason the rest of the companies copied them. None of them care about the environment lol.
I call bullshit on the given reason
You can call whatever you want, you’d be wrong.
Literally only profits. Tim is driven by profits, not innovation. It might catch up with him if relations with China don’t improve.
Profit Margin. Less packaging cost, more units per shipment, fewer cables to manufacture while prices remain the same or increase.
Realistically do you really need a new pair of headphones and power adapters in every box? Once I got my airpods, I’ve never turned back to the old headphones and never would. For the power cord, I got the USB-C cord with the 15 and have plenty of power bricks laying around from prior purchases. Apple saves money by not providing these things, but at some point it would be excessive and useless for me anyway.
Yep. I have about a dozen old Apple wall chargers and those awful wired headphones.
Also, if you’re looking for a gift for someone you hate, a brand new pair of those headphones will do it. They’ll know you spent good money to intentionally get them a truly awful experience.
I haven’t used wired headphones with my phone since the iPhone 3GS. So many of the accessories stay in the box
Yea, my first iphone was the X and even that I didn’t use what was in the box. I had to buy that stuff offhand, but the next phone (13 Pro) I already had the lightning cord and airpods.
Power adapters, yeah. I still don’t have many usb c power bricks so I would like to get some more with my devices
I think the annoying part was when they changed the cord to usb c to lightning, while also trying to say well everyone already has the boxes! Everyone had usb a boxes, so plenty of people still had to buy usb c boxes
Because shipping new bricks and headphones that most people already have 4 or 5 of is stupid and wasteful. The smaller box allows them to ship more product per container, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Just like they said.
Sure, they also save money by not including the accessories.
Big fking deal.
Greed
Money 💸
Most people they go right in the trash, most Apple customers are loyal to the ecosystem, we have magnetic chargers already and AirPods. Majority of us don’t care so it’s just a waste of money, and bad for environment. Even if it raises price only $2, I’d much rather have the $2. The one thing that does wear out we may use is the cable and they include that.