Remember when Apple unveiled the iPhone 12 series, there was nothing more to discuss after dinner than the fact that Apple no longer included chargers and headphones with the new phones it sold, even suggesting that this move could reduce the packaging and height of the iPhone by nearly half, significantly reducing the waste of packaging materials… The reason Apple gave for eliminating the charger and headphones is not to save money, but to protect the environment, and said the initiative could reduce carbon emissions by more than 2 million tons per year, equivalent to 450,000 fewer cars on the road each year.
So far, leaving aside the environment, Apple has saved a total of $6.5 billion so far by eliminating the random charger and headphones that come with the phone while not lowering the price of the phone. Such measures have forced consumers without the corresponding matching charging headset and headphones to spend $19 on the charger, as well as spend $19 on replacement EarPods.
In addition, by eliminating the included accessories, Apple’s boxes are naturally smaller, which in turn helps Apple reduce shipping costs by 40 percent. According to analysts’ calculations, Apple saves $35 (about RM147.26) for every iPhone sold, but Apple does not lower the end price sequentially.
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Since the announcement of the cancellation of the charger and EarPods, statistics show that Apple has shipped 190 million iPhone, many media thus calculated that Apple’s cost savings through this cut and the savings in shipping costs, or a total of $ 6.5 billion!
