{"id":5118,"date":"2020-11-10T21:52:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esrgear.com\/blog\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2020-11-10T21:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:53:36","slug":"why-iphone-12-has-no-charger-and-earphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devtest.esrgear.com\/blog\/why-iphone-12-has-no-charger-and-earphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Why iPhone 12 Has No Charger and Earphones? (answers)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026call me crazy \u2013 but yeah, I did that!<\/p>\n

Sorry to interrupt your thoughts but let me take you down memory lane \u2013 say, 3 months before the iPhone 12 series were released.<\/p>\n

I can remember, I would stay up late most nights to spend some time in cloud 9, fantasizing about how the iPhone 12 series would look like. The features, the colour variants, the phone settings, the product quality and the accessories.<\/p>\n

I went as far as thinking about the iOS and other fancy features it may come with. Also, I thought about the date Apple would finally launch the iPhone 12 series, the price and all other things.<\/p>\n

Apparently, you did that too. So, we\u2019re even on this.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to about a month ago, during the official launch, I started palpitating because I was anxious to make a purchase.<\/p>\n

And when I finally did, while unboxing, to my utmost surprise, the charger and wired earphones were missing! What!? I thought it was a mistake so, I sent a mail to apple customer care.<\/p>\n

I was shocked at their response. Apparently, it is the same across all the iPhone 12 models \u2013 they have no wall chargers and wired earphones!<\/p>\n

I needed answers so, I started making my research. I began to dig deep, devouring every little piece of information I got about the iPhone 12 series like a hungry lion.<\/p>\n

Now that I got my answers, I would like to share them with you.<\/p>\n

If you have purchased any of the iPhone series, you would have noticed the absence of wired earphones and a charging adapter (that tiny square) that connects the lightening input of your device to the USB power adapter.<\/p>\n

Why is this so?<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Apple did not include those accessories because they wanted to reduce the iPhone packaging, lessen the carbon emissions, preserve the mining and the usage of materials used in producing these accessories.<\/p>\n

According to Lisa Jackson, Apple\u2019s vice president for environmental policy and social initiatives, she made it known during the iPhone unveiling presentation that \u201ccustomers already have over 700 million lightening headphones and many customers have moved to a wireless experience with Air pods beat or other wireless headphones.\u201d<\/p>\n

She further said that \u201cthere are over 2 billion Apple power adapters out in the world and that\u2019s not counting the billions of third-party adapters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we are removing these items from the iPhone box which reduces carbon emissions and avoids the mining and use of precious materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, Apple added a new lightening power cable that joins up with any USB-C power adapter. To this effect, what that leaves us with is that we (users) have to purchase a new charger which costs about $20 to $40.<\/p>\n

Although there were several outbursts from people directed towards Apple ever since the launch across their social media platforms \u2013 this was expected to spark responses, anyway.<\/p>\n

According to Jackson, \u201cApple\u2019s removal of the power adapter and ear pods from iPhone boxes aids in carbon emission reductions and allows for more efficient shipping as 70% more boxes fit on a pallet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, she claimed that \u201ctaken all together with the changes we have made for iPhone 12 cut over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually \u2013 it\u2019s like removing 450,000 cars from the road per year.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, she said \u201cthe company\u2019s offices, data centers and retail stores are already carbon-neutral and run on 100% renewable energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In some years to come, Apple hopes to have a total reduction impact on climate across its business. This is absolutely a brilliant idea worthy of emulation.<\/p>\n

That said, I have research 3 best accessories from ESR you can purchase \u2013 all at an affordable price. Take a sneak peek below;<\/p>\n

20W USB-C mini PD Charger <\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/a>– $19.99<\/b><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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