About 2 years ago, Apple made the decision to not ship the iPhone 12 with a charger, a move that was heavily criticized.
Later, Samsung applied the same move to their Samsung S21 series, a move they say might apply to all their smart phones in general.
Samsung said that the move is about sustainability, as users can use charger heads and charging cables from past phones.
People without the compatible chargers will have an option to buy new chargers and accessories from electronic retailers.
Samsung has a bit of history of first mocking Apple’s decisions and then copying them, whether it was with notches, headphone jacks, microSD card slots, and now chargers.
The company in 2020 was caught red-handed deleting ads that poked fun at Apple’s decision to not ship chargers with their iPhones, after suddenly realizing that doing the same would be more profitable.
Not only that, Samsung even copied Apple’s justifications and cited environmental benefits as the main motive behind the move, while seemingly ignoring the fact that selling chargers in separate little boxes could only generate more waste.
But while it initially appeared that the new scheme would hold for flagship Galaxy phones alone, Samsung has now surprised everyone by including mid-range and entry-level offerings too.
The European retail sources have listed some of the victim devices, and it includes the likes of Galaxy A13 and Galaxy A23 which were unveiled earlier this week.
Regardless, it would now be fair to say that Sammy may be planning on a charger-less future for all of its smartphone packaging.
And if it actually does so, then more OEMs could follow suit.
So is it really the end of in-box chargers? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
