Ming-Chi Kuo in turn predicts that the iPhone 12 will come without headphones or power adapter | iGeneration

13/05/2022 By gifsauce 845 Views

The iPhone 12 could come with the bare minimum: a phone, a cable, a pretty thin box… and that's about it. Ming-Chi Kuo is back to the pot of the rumor that Apple no longer provides EarPods headphones with its smartphones: the TF Securities analyst had already said so last month. In a new note, it follows in the footsteps of Barclays, which announced that the AC adapter would no longer be part of the party either (read: The iPhone 12 delivered without headphones… or AC adapter?).

According to Kuo, removing the headphones and the mains charger would allow Apple to position the iPhone 12 in the same price zone as the iPhone 11. This would be a way to offset the additional costs associated with the integration of 5G. Incidentally, the packaging of new smartphones would gain in compactness, synonymous with lower transport costs, or at least greater volumes on the pallets. The analyst does not say whether Apple will go so far as to also remove the Lightning cable from the box.

Ming-Chi Kuo prévoit à son tour que l'iPhone 12 sera livré sans écouteurs ni adaptateur secteur | iGeneration

The recently leaked 20-watt power adapter is genuine, according to Kuo. But it will be sold separately. Apple would get rid of the other current 5 and 18 watt chargers in favor of this unique new model, while the 12 watt variant would remain in the catalog for 9 to 12 months. The 10.8-inch (to be released by the end of the year) and 8.5-inch (first half of 2021) iPads would continue to ship with power adapters.

Once again, we will see how Apple will manage the French case, since the legislation requires it to provide an “accessory limiting the exposure of the head to radioelectric emissions during communications”, therefore earphones or headphones.

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