Samsung will remove chargers from smartphone packages starting 2021, says report

Another case of monkey see, monkey do in the tech industry? After emerging news of Apple supposedly opting to ship new iPhones without a charger, it appears that Samsung too may do the same. According Korean news portal ETNews, Samsung will begin omitting a charging brick from the packaging of a selection of their models starting next year – the report cites cutting costs as the reason for this decision; which is exactly the same reason for Apple doing the same. The thing is, Samsung will only do this for cheaper models – the ones that don’t require high-power chargers for fast charging. According to the report, Samsung will bank on people already having a good enough adapter in their kit, so giving them a new one is unnecessary. Image credit: PhoneArena Apple, on the other hand, don’t have the same lineup of budget phones as Samsung do – meaning their flagship iPhones are the ones to ship without a charger. If this is true, it’ll be interesting to see how customers will react the decision – could there perhaps be a chance of the company in reducing the prices of their chargers for those who need a new set? We guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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