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  • 10.8-inch, 8.5-inch iPads will have 20W charger, iPhone 12 won't, says Ming-Chi Kuo

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    macplusplus said:
    avon b7 said:
    Apple must provide the iPhone in working order, without the charger this is not possible. Otherwise they will face a cascade of lawsuits all over the world. It is even relatively easy to pressure governments to prohibit the sale of phones without a charger, as a shortcut to long and painful lawsuits. 
    As long as the lack of charger is made clear during the order process there wouldn't be a problem. 

    Plenty of devices ship without chargers already. 

    The Oculus Go is one big name example. 
    OK but this is Apple, not Oculus that will be sued. China had imposed iPhones that charge without starting up, for example.

    Besides, the lack of the charger during the order is a very weak argument for the seller. The courts will mostly ignore that and will judge on behalf of the consumer.

    Furthermore, Apple is very strict regarding the use of original chargers. So the argument of providing 3d party options to the user will not help either, because the mandatory use of 3d party chargers then will incite a cascade of electrocutions and explosions, fraudulous or real.

    There is only one situation Apple may not include the charger: if this is imposed by the law, namely the EU legislation that may require all smartphones to provide USB charging. Apple may easily comply with this by providing a USB to Lightning charging adapter for Lightning iPhones. Even in that case, the risk of fraudulous electrocution and explosion lawsuits may not go away for Apple.
    Why could you sue someone ford ping what they said they would? If they announce no charger in box and deliver no charger in box, what do you want to sue about?

    they would probably make the phones a bit cheaper and make sure that customers can purchase a charger on the spot if needed, as one can do now. 

    If they ship iPhone with no EarPods and no charger, the package size gets cut in half if not more. The immense savings done in logistics can easily help mitigate any smaller margin made on chargers. 

    Plus, everyone has a charger now. 
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  • Pedestrian killed by Uber self-driving car, testing stops in all cities

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    Despite some media reports, the Arizona tragedy is not the first-ever death involving self-driving car technology. A Tesla driver, Joshua Brown, was killed while testing Tesla's autopilot mode in July 2016

    Teslas are not, and were certainly not in 2016, self-driving cars. They are meant to be Level 2 on the autonomy scale. Whereas this Uber prototype was meant to be level 5, entirely autonomous. The distinction is extremely important. This is the first reported death with level 5 mode.
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