14 DAY TRIAL // It’s 2020 and Apple is getting ready to launch the iPhone 12, the company’s latest-generation mobile device that’s expected to come with 5G across the entire lineup.
Needless to say, the addition of 5G is huge, especially because once Apple does it, everybody is expected to follow in its footsteps, so technically, we should see major growth of 5G adoption beginning with September.
But according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple’s also planning a change that many might not like.
It looks like the iPhone 12 box would only include the mobile device itself and a Lightning cable. That’s right, the charger is dropped from the box, which means that sooner or later, we might be getting only the iPhone and nothing else.
Apple stopped offering the EarPods with the iPhone last year since the company is already pushing hard for the AirPods, and given a headphone jack is no longer available, it doesn’t seem to be a big fan of wired Lightning headphones anyway.
Cost-cutting attempt
So technically, this year’s iPhone was supposed to come with a charger and a Lightning cable, but the first is getting the ax as well, if the analyst’s prediction is accurate. If the same trend is maintained, then the Lightning cable could go away next year too, albeit this is something that’s more or less unlikely to happen.
But why is Apple dropping the charger? you could ask. The answer is as simple as it could be: the company uses this approach as a cost-cutting attempt, as the addition of 5G is expected to increase the price of the iPhone. So to maintain the profit margin without increasing the price of the device, Apple just pulls the charger from the box, forcing you to pay extra for it separately.
At the same time, the iPhone 12 is also expected to boost the adoption of wireless charging, something that all new iPhones already support. Of course, you’ll need to get the necessary hardware separately, so no matter the option you choose, you still have to pay extra to charge your new iPhone.