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Which charger should I buy for the iPhone 14? That decision was met with no small amount of skepticism but actually led to more and more manufacturers doing the same. While it’s true that packaging is now much smaller for iPhones, it could be that Apple is leading the industry as it did when it removed the headphone jack from the iPhone 7. “Eliminating power adapters from device packaging lets us avoid more than 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions, equivalent to removing 500,000 cars from the road for a year.” Using smaller, lighter packaging lets us fit up to 70% more iPhone boxes per shipping pallet, which helps further reduce our carbon footprint.” “By removing them (power adapters) from iPhone 12 packaging, we estimate that we avoided mining over 550,000 tonnes of copper, tin, and zinc ore. While a cynic may suggest that Apple’s reluctance to include a charging brick in iPhone boxes, the company’s official line is that it’s an effort to reduce e-waste.Į-waste is a shortening of “electronic waste”, and describes discarded electronic devices that are unable to be properly recycled.įollowing the announcement, Apple said via its website (opens in new tab) 'Leaving out those adapters was a bold change for Apple, and a necessary one for our planet.”

Why doesn’t Apple include chargers with iPhones? It’s the kind of thing that’ll be a little easier when we have a USB-C iPhone (potentially as early as next year) given that USB-C cables are found in many products, but for now it’s definitely an inconvenience.

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Sadly, even the iPhone 14 Pro doesn’t come with a charger, so you’ll need to buy Apple’s (or a third-party option, more on those in a moment).