At the iPhone launch event held on October 13th, local time in the United States, Apple’s vice president of environmental, policy and social initiatives Lisa Jackson announced the company’s latest initiatives to reduce waste and carbon emissions, which may also be Change the current charging method of the mobile phone.
Jackson explained that Apple no longer includes a USB power adapter or earphones in the upcoming iPhone 12 box. Instead, the new iPhone will only be equipped with a USB-C lightning cable, which can be plugged into a USB-C cable that has been sold since 2016 Most Apple laptop power adapters. To charge the iPhone 12 directly, consumers need to purchase a separate USB-C power adapter.
Jackson’s statement was immediately opposed by consumers, who believed that Apple was forcing them to buy adapters and headphones separately. But Jackson said that removing the adapter and earphones from the iPhone 12 packaging box will reduce its packaging size, and the saved materials can pack more devices. Jackson said that this shift will reduce carbon emissions by more than 2 million tons per year, which is equivalent to reducing 450,000 cars on the road.
Apple’s move is not without precedent. At the press conference held in September, Jackson also announced that Apple decided to no longer provide chargers in the latest Apple Watch box.
Although some people lament the loss of these key accessories, technology enthusiasts have been complaining about Apple’s decision to cancel the iPhone’s headphone jack in 2016, but compared to the older square USB-A, the smaller round USB -C has more advantages, durable, reversible, and more versatile.
In addition, USB-C transmits higher power. The Apple USB-A power adapter is actually discontinued now, it can only transmit 5 watts of power, which makes people feel that charging time is longer. The new USB-C is compatible with Apple’s 12-watt, 30-watt and even 96-watt adapters. Compared with the current 10-year-old 5-watt charging technology, these new technologies are more like “turbo charging.”
But Apple’s consistent approach is that upgrades can indeed bring tangible benefits, but they will never provide them for free. Removing the headphone jack will cost consumers $200 to buy AirPods, and the new iPhone may cause millions of USB-A power adapters to be removed from the shelves. But these cyclical changes have also opened the door to new technologies. From the raw materials of the power adapter to the new form of wireless charging, every part of the charging device is currently being redesigned.
Therefore, if Apple has been criticized for its slow action in adding features such as telephoto lenses or launching new folding phone designs, then it should also receive some praise for pushing technological progress, just like it has done in trying to improve charging technology. Like that.
All this shows that although Apple has just released four new iPhones and a new HomePod, its most influential product may be this $20 data cable.
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