A couple of years ago, Apple abandoned the 3.5 mm jack (this happened with the release of the iPhone 7 in 2016), after which the largest Android manufacturers, having previously ridiculed the decision of the Cupertin giant, followed suit. Now, it seems, history is repeating itself with the reduction in the scope of delivery.
From fall 2020 Apple as knownhas stopped bundling its smartphones (iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 11, SE (2020) and XR) with power adapters and wired headphones. Before that, the company removed Power adapter that comes standard with new Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE (and newer Apple Watch Series 3 and Apple Watch Nike). An exception was made only for more expensive watches Watch Edition and Watch Hermès… The company made these decisions for environmental reasons (to reduce e-waste) and conserve resources.
All indications are that Samsung is following Apple’s example decided remove the charging block and wired headphones from the standard Galaxy S21 package, which is expected to be announced on January 14. And now it became known that the boxes with the flagship smartphones Xiaomi Mi 11 will also not have power adapters (and headphones, probably, too). Relevant announcement did Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun himself on his page on the Chinese social network Weibo. What is funny, the head of Xiaomi named as the reason not the desire to reduce the price of the device, but the concern for nature.
“In response to modern technological requirements and to protect the environment, we decided to remove the power adapter from the Xiaomi Mi 11 box. Today, almost everyone has extra charges, which creates inconvenience for the user himself, but it hits even harder by nature. Hope for your understanding. Is there a better solution between industrial practice and environmental protection? “
Lei Jun
Xiaomi CEO
The spice of the situation is given by the fact that previously Xiaomi did not passed away the ability to ridicule Apple for the lack of headphones and a power adapter in the boxes of its smartphones.
Don’t worry, we didn’t leave anything out of the box with the #Mi10TPro. pic.twitter.com/ToqIjfVEQX
— Xiaomi (@Xiaomi) October 14, 2020
Lei Jun not only revealed the design of the retail packaging of Xiaomi Mi 11, which naturally became much thinner and lighter due to the above changes, but also confirmed a number of features of the new flagship – a 108 megapixel camera, a Super AMOLED screen with HDR10 + support and a Harman Kardon audio subsystem.
Xiaomi Mi 11 present in China will be held tomorrow, December 28.
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