Like last year’s iPhone 12, this year’s iPhone 13 also no longer comes with a charger and earphones, only a data cable. even,AppleIn the name of environmental protection, the packaging box was also adjusted, and the external plastic film was removed and replaced with a tear-and-pull paper seal, which sparked discussion.
When communicating with the media a few days ago, Fernando Capez, the executive director of Procon-SP, a Brazilian consumer rights protection agency in Sao Paulo, pointed out that it is illegal to sell the necessary charging heads for mobile phones such as iPhone 13, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3, and consumers. Buy two products at the same time. This means breaking the natural expectations of consumers out of the box and unreasonable price increases.
Capez said that although Apple’s official website mentioned that charging heads are not included in the package, the display method is not clear enough and consumers will still ignore it.
Capez said that they will issue a penalty notice to Apple and Samsung before Wednesday, and are studying a class action lawsuit to force Apple to provide consumers with free charging heads again.
In fact, after the iPhone 12’s first attempt to not have a charging head last year, Procon-SP questioned that Apple’s doing so would not bring environmental gains. Earlier this year, Procon-SP imposed about US$2 million (about 12.91 million yuan) on Apple. The top fines are due to misleading advertisements, the sale of devices without charging heads, and unequal terms.
In addition to Brazil, last year the iPhone 12 did not send headphones and was forced to rectify in France.
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