A new rumor says that the iPhone 12 won’t include a power adapter in the box and that’s not cool.
A new iPhone rumor made the rounds this weekend, and it wasn’t about the notch or the flat edges, or the size of the displays. This one’s about what’s in the box. Or rather, what’s not in it.
Respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has seemingly confirmed an earlier report by Barclays that Apple won’t be supplying a charger in the iPhone 12 box. Like none at all. Not even the lame 5W adapter that takes more than an hour to provide a decent charge.
Not since Apple removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 has there been a rumor with more (as Apple might describe it) “courage.” It’s unclear whether Kuo is talking about the whole iPhone lineup or just the entry-level models, but his sources expect Apple to ship some iPhone 12 models without a charger.
That’s not cool. Granted, nearly everyone has an old charger lying around, and anyone who has ever owned an iPhone or an iPad has a charger in a drawer somewhere. But when you buy an electronic device, whether it’s an iPhone, a Nintendo Switch, or a MacBook, you expect to have everything you need to use it. Apple can spin it all they want—but people will have a right to be upset.
Apple has long used its iPhone chargers to save a few bucks. While every other phone maker has shipped its phones with fast-charging adapters, Apple only just started including an 18W charger with the iPhone 11 box, and even then, only with the Pro models.
