It has been a year and a half since Apple announced in September 2020 that it would not come with a charger. I wonder if Apple fans have gotten used to buying a phone without a charger? For new users, purchasing an iPhone, headphones and charging head are just a necessity, and th

It has been a year and a half since Apple announced in September 2020 that it would not come with a charger. I wonder if Apple fans have gotten used to the days when they bought the phone without a charger?

For new users, buying an iPhone, headphones and charging head are just a necessity. If you want to use them, you must buy them separately. Obviously, Apple has transferred this cost to consumers. At that time, the public opinion surrounding Apple not sending a charger was very sensational. Some people believed that Apple was challenging the tolerance of consumers.

However, Apple just won’t look back until it hits the wall. Unexpectedly, this year's new iPhone, instead of adding a charging head, has become more "tough". Even the earphones are omitted, and there is only one data cable.

Regarding the lack of a charging head, Apple’s response is: everything is for the sake of environmental protection. Apple believes that it has more than 700 million customers around the world, and most of them are old customers. Over the years, old customers have already had too many Apple chargers. From 2020 onwards, third-party charger products are not included. , there are 2 billion Apple charging heads in the world, so the decision not to send adapted chargers can, on the one hand, improve the utilization rate of chargers in consumers' hands and reduce waste; on the other hand, Apple will produce millions less charging heads every year. You can reduce carbon emissions and contribute to the earth's environmental protection.

Regarding Apple’s response, some people think that Apple is transferring this part of the cost to consumers in the name of environmental protection. So is Apple really being environmentally friendly, or is it pretending to be environmentally friendly?

Recently, Apple released another environmental report card over the past two years.

Apple’s environmental report card shows: After canceling the free charger for the iPhone 12 mobile phones released in 2020, it is estimated that it has reduced 2 million tons of carbon emissions for the earth, and also saved the earth 550,000 tons of copper, tin and zinc mine .

In order to protect the environment, Apple has previously eliminated the plastic film wrapping the iPhone box, and the screen protector of iPhone13 has also been changed to recycled fiber . iPhone, iPad and Max are all made of renewable aluminum materials, Apple said , after eliminating packaging plastic film, the amount of plastic used was reduced by 600 tons.

However, Apple’s rhetoric does not seem convincing. Some netizens believe that Apple continues to reduce the cost of product accessories and packaging, but does not reduce the price of mobile phones.

Apple said that although it does not provide a charging head, the charging cable provided by Apple is Lightning to USB-C interface, so any C port charging head will work. The term

was quickly slapped in the face again.

In fact, not all charging heads are C ports, which means that the data cable provided by Apple is not compatible with other charging heads.

In the Apple Mall, the cheapest single USB-C charger costs 149 yuan, which means that new iPhone users will have to spend an extra 149 yuan to buy a charger. In other words, customers need to pay more to buy an Apple mobile phone than before, and the process of purchasing a charger may often require the purchase of supporting data cables and headphones.

It’s no wonder that some netizens say that in the name of “environmental protection”, Apple has increased the sales of accessories and brought more profits.

Although the materials used in Apple products have basically met environmental standards, as an innovative company, should it make environmental contributions that reduce resource consumption without affecting consumer experience?