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macapfel said:

Is it now possible to plug 4 chargers and charge this thing up in 5 minutes?

With that sort of thinking you could get yourself a job at Samsung  

Blaming Brexit for the USD to GBP exchange rate fall is just a cheap shot. In reality the pound has been falling for months, if not years, due to the weakest of the overall European economy. What Brexit has done is just accelerate the fall but the end result would probably be the same.

As things stand the European economic isn't too healthy, and in uncertain times the USD rises as it is seen as a safe haven. Some manufacturers will assess the situation and accept a reduced margin on their products in Europe to maintain sales, market share, and pull through revenue of additional items (dongles in Apple's case). Unfortunately Apple don't take that view and so have passed on all the additional costs to their customers.

ireland said:

And without Lighting how do we get headphone port consistency.

That level of attention to details across the product range has been missing from Apple for a long time now so I wouldn't be surprised if the new Macs don't have lightning connectors.

melgross said:

And yet, the stock is up 5%. Amazing!

They have just announced to deal with an unprofitable part of their business, why wouldn't the stock go up?

SpamSandwich said:

There's a good possibility also that customers were using fast chargers that continued past the safety point, but I'm satisfied if it all results in more bad press for Samsung, the criminals.

It's the phone that controls the current, not the charger.