After Apple had removed the power adapters from its retail box for smartphones, Samsung had soon followed suit as well. However, this has led to both companies facing scrutiny and fines from various governments across the globe.

As of right now, the Cupertino based giant is facing additional fines in Brazil for not shipping their new iPhones with a charger. The brand has stated that the move to remove the power adapter is basically reducing its yearly carbon emission by 2 million metric tons thanks to smaller packaging, which leaks to more boxes in a single shipping pallet. But, it also benefits the company since it does not have to ship power adapters and EarPods, while it also saves on shipping costs as well.

In a similar fashion, Samsung also made the same shift with its flagship smartphones. However, a judge in Brazil ordered the Apple to reimburse a consumer the equivalent of 1,081 US Dollars since not shipping the power brick violates the consumer laws of the company. Thus, the South Korean company also faced a fine for not including a charger. Furthermore, both companies are also being charged in Sao Paulo as well, by the consumer protection agency called Procon.

The Procon in Fortaleza has levied a fine of 5.2 million US Dolars. However, it is unknown if that figure is individual or combined. Since the company made the decision to remove the charger from the box, Apple is believed to have saved more than 6.5 billion US Dollars in shipping and more. However, both brands are still facing more than 900 Procons across Brazil that may soon open an administrative proceedings against the two tech giants.

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Mobile retailers in Europe have reportedly confirmed that some entry-level Samsung smartphones will soon ship without a charger in the box (via Sudanshu). The move comes following the company’s decision to ditch in-box chargers with the Galaxy S21 series last year.

Samsung has a bit of history of first mocking Apple’s decisions and then copying them, whether it was with notches, headphone jacks, microSD card slots, and now chargers. The company in 2020 was caught red-handed deleting ads that poked fun at Apple’s decision to not ship chargers with their iPhones, after suddenly realizing that doing the same would be more profitable.

Not only that, Samsung even copied Apple’s justifications and cited environmental benefits as the main motive behind the move, while seemingly ignoring the fact that selling chargers in separate little boxes could only generate more waste.

But while it initially appeared that the new scheme would hold for flagship Galaxy phones alone, Samsung has now surprised everyone by including mid-range and entry-level offerings too. The European retail sources have listed some of the victim devices, and it includes the likes of Galaxy A13 and Galaxy A23 which were unveiled earlier this week.

Regardless, it would now be fair to say that Sammy may be planning on a charger-less future for all of its smartphone packaging. And if it actually does so, then more OEMs could follow suit.

So is it really the end of in-box chargers? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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