14 DAY TRIAL // While Samsung continues to be the world’s number one phone manufacturer and the company is therefore involved in direct competition with Apple, it’s not a secret the South Koreans are often looking at what the Cupertino-based tech giant does, all with the purpose of doing the same thing at one point.
Just look at the notch, for example. Samsung mocked Apple for bringing this design approach to the iPhone and even launched a powerful marketing campaign based on this idea, only to eventually use a similar approach for its mid-range models too.
And it now looks like Samsung is getting ready to copy another controversial change first implemented by Apple.
The company could launch its next flagship devices without a charger and headphones, just like Apple already does with the iPhone 12.
No word from Samsung
And the first to embrace this approach is the upcoming Galaxy S21, as the folks over at Tecnoblog came across ANATEL filings indicating Samsung wants to use the same awful strategy as its Cupertino rival.
At first glance, it looks like none of the three Galaxy S21 models launching in early 2021 would come with a charger and headphones, though there’s obviously a chance Samsung could at least offer such accessories for the top-of-the-line Ultra model.
On the other hand, ditching the charger and the headphones on the Samsung phone lineup somehow makes more sense than in the case of Apple. Samsung devices come with a USB connector, which in theory is a universal port that’s being used by plenty of other models, so theoretically, the likelihood of having such accessories around is much higher than in the case of an Apple charger with a Lightning cable.
Samsung obviously hasn’t said a single thing about this controversial approach, so for now, just take everything with a healthy dose of skepticism.