>be Apple >stand your ground and refuse to include 15W chargers in the box with your $1,000 iPhones >go with 5W instead (in this, the year 2019) >if people want fast charging for their iPhones (which, by the way, cost $1,000), they can buy a separate charger for that. or use their iPad/MacBook bricks with a cable sold separately >people are pissed as they're being ripped off >all your competitors include fast chargers in the box >5 class-action lawsuits launched for anti-competitive conduct
>be Apple >cave to demand and include 15W chargers in the box with every iPhone >people are satisfied for a while until years later they realize their battery health is plummeting faster than ever before >more and more $1,000 iPhones are shutting down unexpectedly at 10%, 15%, 30%, and even 50%. >customers have to pay for battery replacements even more often now >people are pissed as they're being ripped off >5 class-action lawsuits launched for planned obsolescence
>>customers have to pay for battery replacements even more often now >>people are pissed as they're being ripped off class-action lawsuits launched for planned obsolescence The problem here wasn't that people had to pay for battery replacements, it was that they were told their phones needed replacing. They were encouraged to buy a new phone rather than get the battery replaced. People don't complain about planned obsolescence because they need a battery replacement, unless that battery replacement isn't offered. Apple had the service available but they didn't tell people that was the solution to their problem. They deserved all the class-action lawsuits they got.
David Flores
I just got a phone with a removable battery. *shrug*
Caleb Lopez
Batteries are covered in warranty and were $29 OoW for a long while. Now it's $69 or something. Not a big deal as that includes service. While all phones use the same battery tech and thus all shit out after a few years such programs aren't common for Android phones. So you have to take it to some random third party which is certainly not desirable. I think Google and Samsung are the only companies that have a comparable program. Doing it first party is always preferable.
Parker Wood
>I just got a phone with a removable battery. *shrug* How often do you need to replace the battery? Sounds like a good little revenue stream, for a year or two.
Josiah Parker
Apple loves fucking Normies in their poophole, and normies are happy to oblige.
>be Apple >2025 >release first battery-less smartphone >hailed as breakthrough innovation >americans clap >it never turns off because it never turns on
Austin Mitchell
>6G is so powerful it can wirelessly power phones
Alexander Ramirez
>>all your competitors include fast chargers in the box class-action lawsuits launched for anti-competitive conduct How the fuck do these lawsuits get launched? What's the logic? Huawei does this but apple doesn't let's sue them. Nobody fucking makes you buy apple. If they don't want to include it why must they? Fucking communists.
Elijah Davis
lol no one cares, feel free to explain watts to people. People plug in phone and leave it and it's done in 2h vs like 30-40 min faster on some quick charger
Elijah Baker
>it's a hit among machine life forms >biological life forms don't buy it. Probably because 6g fried all of them
