This piece of news was heavily rumored months before the actual launch, and while the initial reaction from fans was that of ridicule, we gave it a thought ourselves and this is what we think.
- If you are an existing iPhone user, then you probably have an iPhone or iPad power brick lying around in your house, in which case, you don’t really need another power brick at all.
- If you use a newer Android device and have upgraded to the iPhone, you can use the power brick from the Android phone as well. Yes, we know that the iPhone still has the Thunderbolt charging port, but Apple will be bundling a Thunderbolt to USB Type C cable in the box. This way you can charge your iPhone with a Quick Charger as well.
- If you do not have a power brick at home, but you do have a laptop that has a Type C charging port, you can just plug in your iPhone 12 to the laptop and charge it that way.
- The iPhone 12 series also supports Qi wireless charging, and the new MagSafe technology and charger are capable of charging the iPhone 12 at full 15W. If you win a Qi Wireless charger, you are set in that respect as well.
As you can see, Apple has given this a fair amount of thought, and we believe, the conclusion was that most people buying an iPhone, already have the hardware required to charge the phone, and giving them an extra charging brick, which will probably just lay idle, is only going to do more damage to the environment.
