Last month, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice fined Apple $2.34 million for selling iPhones without chargers and ordered the company to stop selling any iPhones without chargers in the box.

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Last month, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice fined Apple for selling iPhone without chargers and ordered the company to stop selling any iPhone without chargers in the box. Not long after, Apple was once again imposed a huge fine.

According to a report by Reuters , the Brazilian civil court imposed a fine of 100 million real ($19 million) on Thursday and ordered new iPhones sold in the country to be equipped with battery chargers.

Judge Caramuru Alfonso Francisco also ordered Apple to provide chargers to all consumers of Brazilian that purchased iPhone 12 or iPhone 13 devices in the past two years. However, this is not the final decision and can be appealed further. It is obvious that, on the grounds of the 'Green Initiative', the defendants asked consumers to purchase charger adapters that were previously provided with the product," the court's ruling said.

Apple had previously fined nearly $2.5 million for the same issue by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and was banned from selling iPhone 12 and 13 without a charger. In response to this, Apple said that the iPhone does not include power adapter has environmental benefits and reduces waste.

with 2020 iPhone With the launch of the 12 lineup, Apple no longer provides chargers for its phones. Other manufacturers such as Samsung and Google are also following, stopping including power adapters in their premium devices.

In related news, EU lawmakers recently approved a new directive requiring manufacturers to provide USB-C as a universal charging port for various devices by 2024. This will force Apple to switch to USB-C chargers for its upcoming iPhone.

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