How much Apple saved by removing the charger from the iPhone 12

Recall that with the release of the iPhone 12 Apple announced that the bundle of new smartphones will no longer include headphones and a charger.

Recently, the popular research company Counterpoint Research, which began publishing information about the cost of components for various electronic innovations, calculated the cost of the iPhone 12, and now there is a clarification that says that in terms of packaging and accessories, each iPhone 12 is about $ 4.2 cheaper. than the previous generation iPhone 11.

On the one hand, $ 4.2 is a small amount, but only at the end of last year, the total shipments of the iPhone 12 series smartphones, according to analysts, amounted to about 63 million units, which in total allowed Apple to save more than $ 264 million.

Citing various surveys that Apple conducts, as well as taking into account the general trend in environmental protection, analysts say that in the future, Apple will also remove the charging and data cable from the package.

Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that fundamentally new cameras in Apple smartphones should not be expected until 2023.

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