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removing power adapter.. to save the environment. Also you have to buy it as an accessory for $30+ ....
by ganoushoreilly 6y ago
removing power adapter.. to save the environment.
Also you have to buy it as an accessory for $30+ ....
- mrkstu 6y agoBasically a stealth price increase
- jpxw 6y agoSaving the environment by making me pay for the accessory separately and have it shipped in a different truck with extra packaging
- RulerOf 6y agoYeah. That presenter did a pretty good job of saying it with a straight face, too.
- DonaldPShimoda 6y agoIf I remember right, Apple Watch is the most popular smart watch on the market — meaning many people have had one already. Those people don't need a new adapter. It's like the iPhone: if I already have one, I don't need another adapter (lord knows I have enough of them). It's definitely not great for new customers though, and it absolutely should not be $30, but for people like me it's a positive move forward to reduce waste.
- ericmay 6y agoYea but you'll still have a cable. I'm sure you'll find some sort of USB device to plug it in to.
- tzs 6y agoI think the point is that it is 2020. Most people won't have to buy it. Power adapters that use a USB connector have been commonly included with a large fraction of consumer devices for at least a decade now. Most of us already have several that we aren't using. USB power adapters have also been by far the most common when people explicitly purchase a power adapter, such as when they want a higher wattage adapter to charge faster than the basic one that came with some device, or they want to replace a single port adapter with one with multiple ports to better utilize their outlets. Result: probably 95+% of consumers in the US who would buy an Apple device already have plenty of USB charging ports available.
- ihuman 6y agoIt still comes with the USB charging cable; they're just removing the brick.