Samsung may not include chargers in the boxes of some of its smartphones starting in 2021, according to a report from Korean news site ETNews. The company is taking them out because many people already have chargers and to help reduce costs, the report says.



While not including a charger in the box might seem like a big move, Samsung reportedly isn’t the only major phone maker considering it. Apple may do something similar by not including a charger with this year’s iPhone lineup, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple may also phase out the 5W and 18W chargers that currently come with iPhones (depending on which model you buy) and instead offer a new 20W fast charger that will be sold separately, said Kuo.

Removing chargers from phone boxes could be a major way for Samsung and Apple to lower the costs of selling their phones and make their phone packaging smaller, but it could also have a significant impact on the environment. Taking them out of some of the top-selling smartphones could help reduce the number of chargers that go unused and are thrown away because people already have a bunch more scattered around their house.

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/7/8/21317304/samsung-smartphone-chargers-2021-cost-environment

Hey, Samsung! You better stop this silly packaging innovation.

We never told you we are getting occupied by the number of chargers we get because of buying new phones.

Who wants to get a brand new phone and be looking for who has the matching charger for his or her new toy?

Be careful oo

They want to sell the chargers separately, corporate greed on high alert.

iKingsley:
Hey, Samsung! You better stop this silly packaging innovation.

We never told you we are getting occupied by the number of chargers we get because of buying new phones.

Who wants to get a brand new phone and be looking for who has the matching charger for his or her new toy?

Be careful oo

You don't get it....


They want to sell the charger separately and then later will begin to sell the earpods separately too....


I hope they'll also be selling the casing separately....


They're the ones that started the idea of not including additional SDcards with phones.....

So person go dey look for original charger around, this can't work in Nigeria

What matter most is bringing down the prices of your phones,even if you have decided to pacel it with newspapers just as malam do with suya i go still buy

Instead, they should increase the price of their product we would buy.

Is like they don't understand what is meant by "Carry Come Charger"

sexylassie2:
They want to sell the chargers separately, corporate greed on high alert.

Tell that to iPhone who decided not to sell iPhone 12 with charger and earphone. iPhone 12 will only come with phone and cord


It's cos of iPhone they wanna do same

First time iPhone 12

Now Samsung Galaxy

Hope they will remove it from the price? Very soon we will be buying camera and battery separately

Bad move that may backfire on the long run.

Copy-copy for phone industry too much

This people wan start rubbish, very soon now there won't be follow come phone accessories again. You'd have to buy earphone and charger separately, greediness at it's peek

UK used without charger......samsung na wa o

This might backfire....especially with the african market.

Samsung couldn't wait for a few years to make this madness a trend
I won't be surprised if instead of prices of their phones to drop, it'll increase, what with ARM making Cortex - X a reality by next year and Qualcomm monopoly remains unchecked

maxjax:
UK used without charger......samsung na wa o

the thing sounds funny sef

maxjax:
UK used without charger......samsung na wa o

the thing sounds funny sef

Infinix and Tecno looking at the idea:

Wrong move, at the end you all spend more buying charger separately

Ori yin gbale

Is the money for the chager not include in the porchest¿
Ur expect me to buy phone and stil go ahead to buy charger
Follow come chargers are the best produces more plase
Some time i buy new brand phone jvst because of the love of follow come charger¿
Some charger are worth more than phone

Nawa

Wow, no be small technology o, but why would you be needing chargers when phone like the Pouvoir 4 have batteries that can last you like forever