Apple sued for failing to deliver iPhone 12 charger

The phone you get. But you have to purchase the iPhone 12 charger separately if you don’t have a USB-C charger at home.

Apple took a somewhat crazy decision with the iPhone 12. The American tech company from Cupertino stopped supplying a charger. Because, said the tech giant at the time, everyone has a USB-C charger at home now. This is not about the cable, but about the block that you plug into the socket.

It’s not so crazy anymore. Samsung followed suit and in the coming years there will undoubtedly be other tech companies doing the same. According to the tech companies, it is good for the environment, but secretly it also makes a difference to their wallet, of course. Not everywhere they accept the new policy. In China, five students have sued Apple for failing to supply a charger with the iPhone 12.

Apple does provide a cable with the phone, which is USB-C to Lightning. The brand’s own affiliation. But the old wall chargers that Apple supplied in the past are not compatible with this. Krom, according to the Chinese students. In this case you have to buy a separate USB-C charger or a MagSafe charger. These complaints were also heard with the arrival of the iPhone 12. But now it actually comes to a lawsuit. (via Vice)