During the presentation last October, Apple announced the new iPhone 12 range, which in addition to being the first to be compatible with 5G networks, is also the first to reach the market without a charger and without headphones, according to Apple to reduce the impact on the environment and that all users they have a charger at home.
Very few users have a charger with a USB-C port to be able to charge the iPhone, being the majority with USB-A connection. It was a matter of time before some country stopped Apple. The first to do so has been Brazil, which will force Apple to include the charger in all the iPhones that it currently sells on the market.
Sao Paulo state has decided that Apple should sell all iPhone models with the corresponding charger, based on the decision of the Public Agency for Consumer Protection (Procon-SP), an agency that asked Apple for arguments to justify the decision to remove it of the contents of the iPhone box that will not harm consumers and what are the real benefits for the environment.
Apple's response It was the same one that announced in the keynote presentation: benefits for the environment and that most users already have a compatible charger. Procon-SP does not find enough weighty arguments and claims that selling the iPhone without a charger goes against the Consumer Defense Code in Brazil.
Apple must answer the request again or else you will be fined. Although initially this decision is limited to the Brazilian state of Sau Paulo, extra could be extended to the entire country. In addition to Brazil, France is another of the countries where Apple has run into a problem, since due to local regulations, it has to follow including in the content of the box the EarPods.
Brazil has to come and put Apple in its place. The others bow their heads.