Among all the rumors of the iPhone 12 that arrived in Spain, without a doubt the one that most worried the users (and later became a reality) was Apple's initiative to withdraw the charger included with its smartphones.What until now had become an almost mandatory fact, had been history.

A decision that in the first instance may seem absolutely illogical.How hell are we going to load our mobile devices?Apple, in addition to hiding in environmental motif.

This week we have proven that this, as we had, is not an isolated fact;First level companies such as Xiaomi or Samsung have already decided not to include the charger in their box, arguing the same reasons.

What about the charger?

New iPhone 12 box.

Everything comes from the presentation of the iPhone 12 in 2020.These phones would be the first of the company not to come with charger in the box, only with the cable.This decision has moved to other products of the Cupertino brand, such as the new Apple Watch.

This implies that, unlike what happened in each and every one of the iPhone of previous generations, if the user wants to load their iPhone 12 device and does not have a compatible charger, you will have to load it using the cable.You will have to use an alternative current source such as a USB-C charger (detail that we will talk about later) or, failing that, a load taking that is compatible with the Lightning port of the iPhone 12.

Consequently, Apple has decided to sell the loader and wired headphones separately that until now were included in its store.Thus, the buyer can opt for one of these loaders separately.Apple kills two birds with this measure;Save production costs and also avoids the numerous criticisms that have raised some previous iPhone generations for including the controversial 5W charger that we all know.

Thanks to all this, Apple has been able to use less materials to send its boxes and also avoid the waste of a considerable amount of technological garbage.Personalities of the sector such as the ANKER CEO, famous cargo accessories sales, has made it clear that this measure would save the waste of more than 300.000 tons of electronic waste.

If we want to get the official Apple charger, we will have to buy it for 25 euros.This has USB-C input and will load an iPhone 12 compatible at 20W load;Other iPhone models will load at lower speeds if they are not compatible.

The USB-C and the USB-A

Lightning charger and cable included with the iPhone 11

Apple, before the controversy, has been responding to statements from its users.The most repeated argument is simple: many iPhone users stay in Apple's ecosystem, which implies that they will have a loader with a light port in their homes, so it is not necessary to include a charger that probably do not use.

We do not doubt at all that Apple's environmental intentions are true;The problem of garbage and technological waste is a serious issue, and it is reasonable that Apple is anticipating a more than necessary response to climate change.The problem lies in the shots of their loaders.

The cable that the iPhone 12 includes in its box is Lightning and USB-C, standard that Apple implemented in its 2018 iPad.That is, to use that cable, we will have to connect one of these ends to a USB-C port.One that although it is increasing.USB-A that, in addition, is the port used by Apple's old loaders.

Here is the problem.The argument of the old loaders is on wet paper, at the same time in which we remember that a user who has one of these loaders will not be able to use the cable included in the iPhone 12, since it needs to connect it to a USB-C.You will have to resort, if you have it, the old cable associated with that same charger, leaving this practically unusable.

This without saying that these chargers have a irisical power of 5W, which will imply that not only the user can take advantage of the fast charge of their phone, but that this will become tremendously slow.

An upward trend

As prophesied, some brands are already following Apple's footsteps.Xiaomi has presented his new Xiaomi Mi 11, his latest Android phone that is the first of the brand not including the charger in its box.A fact that has been criticized by the advertising mockery issued by Xiaomi to his American antagonist.

Something very similar seems to happen with Samsung.The Korean firm also took advantage of the controversy of the loaders to advertise the best benefits of its Galaxy phones.As of writing this article, this advertising content has been deleted and it is rumored that the future Galaxy S21 will not include the charger for the same environmental reasons.

What I can do?

There are several ways to take to face this situation.The most obvious is buying the loader separately;In the end, it makes sense that if we are going to spend a lot of money on a phone, we don't care too much to spend a little more to take advantage of all your benefits.However, in this sense, we have more options in sight.

We can either choose the Apple charger and take advantage of the 20W load of the device or buy one of the cheapest competition.It is important that this has a fast charging technology compatible with the iPhone.Any charger is not worth any technology, so it is important.

It is especially important that we choose a quality loader and do not opt for a cheap charger that does not have a little contrasted operation, since this could damage our new iPhone 12.These two tips apply to future mobile phones that do not include the charger in the box.

The last option is to use an old charger that we have at home, although we have said, knowing that we cannot access all the loading benefits of our smartphone.

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