Sujet : Re: Does Apple normally add the UK when the EU forces Apple to care about its customers?
De : larrywolff (at) *nospam* larrywolff.net (Larry Wolff)
Groupes : uk.telecom.mobile comp.mobile.ipad misc.phone.mobile.iphoneDate : 17. Sep 2024, 04:33:33
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:36:15 -0000 (UTC), Tweed wrote:
Another thought connected with the semi conductor shortage - they may have
felt that they couldn't produce enough usb-c chargers. Lightning iPhone
purchasers would likely be using an existing charger, especially Apple had
stopped automatically supplying them with a new phone. Switching to usb-c
is very likely to cause an uptick in usb-c charger purchases at the time of
buying your first usb-c iPhone. It would not look good if Apple said their
chargers were in supply constraint. Not being able to buy semiconductors
freely was a real issue for two years post Covid, as shown by the car
manufacturers.
The real reason was stated in the business news at the time where Apple's
profits for wireless chargers & high-power wired chargers went up something
like five thousand percent year over year when Apple simply stopped
supplying the chargers and instead - sold them at the point of sale.