Including a charger in the packaging has long been an indispensable “standard” for smartphones. However, manufacturers seem to want to change this by eliminating most accessories that come with the device.
Not only Apple, but according to the latest reports from South Korea, Samsung will also not include a charger in the packaging of the upcoming smartphone models. This means that if you want to charge your phone, you will have to purchase an additional charger from Samsung or third-party manufacturers.
Currently, Samsung is one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, with hundreds of millions of phones sold each year. Therefore, not including a charger in the box will save the company a significant amount of production, packaging, and shipping costs.
On the other hand, this will also allow Samsung to provide users with new smartphone models that have powerful configurations and more premium features while keeping the price not too different from the previous generation.
According to reports, Samsung will implement this change on certain smartphone models. Unfortunately, the company will start doing this as early as next year, meaning there are only about 6 months left. Unlike headphones – which are also included in the packaging, chargers are essential accessories that cannot be overlooked by smartphone users.
However, at this moment, the charging ports and standards on smartphones have somewhat reached a certain level of unification. Therefore, including a charger in the packaging seems less important now, as users can entirely use their existing chargers to charge various devices, from smartphones and smartwatches to wireless earbuds…