telcontar46

About

Username
telcontar46
Joined
Visits
7
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
1
Badges
0
Posts
2
  • Brazil fines Apple $1.9M for not including charger in iPhone 12 box

    As a large corporation doing business in many countries Apple must comply with the local laws in all of them, or contest those laws in the appropriate court. In order to comply in Brazil it appears that Apple must supply a DC charger.  Whether Apple chooses to do so by sacrificing some of its profit on each iPhone sold there or increase the cost op iPhones sold there is Apple's choice. I'm quite certain that Apple's unit cost on a single charger is not $25 or $50, but that is irrelevant.  (check Amazon or eBay) The folks at Apple are "big boys"who know how to run their own business quite well. 

    Depending on the country and local market place in question, more and more people have desktop computers, laptops, "pads" of one brand or another or other appliances that contain a USB port, and from there a simple cord with a lightning connector on one end and a USB on the other is dirt cheap - unless you insist on buying yours from Apple, in which case the price will be much higher.  Nevertheless, I have been using Mac toys since 1984 at home and at work, and overall I have been very pleased with the Apple experience.

    watto_cobra