• Martin
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    3 days ago

    Not getting a charger is a good thing. I’d rather not pay for the additional charger since my house is full of high quality chargers already. I don’t need another one.

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      Lol have you noticed any drop in price since chargers were removed? There wasn’t any. If anything the prices increased, profits increased, and you now get a more expensive phone without a charger (and often even a cable).

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        2 days ago

        You are absolutely right, the prices have gone up. Still better for the environment to not ship a redundant charger with each phone.

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      3 days ago

      Newer phones generally charge faster, I agree if it’s just a 30W charger most have that already, but my “new” phone charge with 120W, and for some phones the high Watt charging only works with the brands own chargers.

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      3 days ago

      I mean that’s assuming they reduce the price accordingly. Which I bet they won’t. At that point, just give me the backup in the box personally

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        3 days ago

        Aren’t everyone apart from OnePlus basing their fast charging on USB PD nowadays? At least Apple, Samsung and Google phones can fast charge with USB PD. There is usually no need for a proprietary charger anymore.

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          May companies like Realme still use Vooc charging and have not switched to USB PD. I think it’s the case with majority of Chinese OEMs.

          A similar case is seen in wireless tech where Qi or Qi2(which currently only HMD supports) isn’t the base standard for Chinese OEMs since their propreitary solutions can sometimes wirelessly charge as high as 50W in some cases.

          • Martin
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            2 days ago

            The situation may be worse than I’ve been exposed to, due to the phone brands we have in our house.

            I still think it’s better for the environment to not ship a charger with every phone, even if you cannot assume that everything is USB PD nowadays.