Yesterday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A13 5G. It made its debut in the US as the most affordable 5G smartphone from the company. Interestingly, the budget device shares a trait with the premium handsets.

Last year, Apple decided to stop bundling chargers with its iPhones. Soon, other smartphone manufacturers chose to do the same for their expensive phones.

Over a year later, Samsung has now quietly revealed its plans to ship its newly announced Galaxy A13 5G without a charger in the US. The South Korean tech giant has mentioned this at the end of the press release.

The Galaxy A13 5G is a $249.99 smartphone with a modest set of specs. Usually, Samsung bundles a charger and a pair of earphones with phones in this price segment. But for some reason, the firm has opted to include neither of these for the new model

The device will be available for purchase online starting tomorrow (December 3) through AT&T and Samsung.com in the US. If you are about to order the handset, then make sure to buy a charger if you don’t already have one. The company recommends using ‘Samsung-approved chargers and cables’.

The highlights of the Galaxy A13 5G includes a 6.5-inch HD+ 90Hz display, MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, 50MP (wide) + 2MP (macro) + 2MP (depth) triple camera setup, 5MP selfie camera, USB Type-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, MicroSD card slot, side-mounted fingerprint sensor, Samsung Pay via NFC, Android 11, 5,000mAh battery, and 15W charging.

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Samsung has just launched a new charger in India. The company’s 35W Power Adapter Duo fast charger has just launched in the region with two ports, which enable you to charge two devices at the same time with its universal compatibility.

The new fast charger from the South Korean tech giant offers a USB Type C PD (power delivery) 3.0 Max 35W with Super Fast Charging along with a USB Type A PD 3.0 Max 25W charging as well. Through these ports, the charger supports a number of different products, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, wireless chargers, smartwatches, and more. Through its USB-C port, users can expect to charge two devices together with its USB C and A ports at 20W and 15W respectively.

As of right now, the Samsung 35W Power Adapter Duo fast charger is available in India through the company’s many retail stores, authorized resellers, major e-commerce platforms, and even its official Indian websites as well. It is being offered for a price tag of 2,299 INR or roughly 30 US Dollars. Previously, we had even reported on the EP-T6530 that featured a total of three ports and had a 65W power rating. Although, it remains to be seen if the charger is also launched in India. So stay tuned for more updates.

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Apart from just offering various mobile computing products like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more, Samsung even sells many electronic peripherals and accessories as well. Now, the company is apparently working on a new charger that can fast charge all of these products.

The charger in question is the EP-T6530, which the South Korean tech giant might call the Power Adapter Trio (Via SamMobile). As the name suggests, its a charging adapter that offers you a way to charge all of your devices together so one wouldn’t have to carry around multiple adapters. In other words, it would be especially useful for those that are traveling and are on the go.

As of right now, the charger is already available for sale on a few European website, although, the company has yet to officially announce this product. So, it is unknown whether the maximum power output would be 65W or 105W as the adapter contains three ports (1x 65W USB Type-C , 1x 25W USB Type-C, and 1x 15W USB Type-A). The European website listings even reveal its 56 Euro price tag (roughly 63 US Dollars).

If these specifications are true, you can expect to fast charge anything between your Galaxy Book, Galaxy S21, or even the Galaxy Z Flip3. However, the product has yet to be launched officially, so take this report with a pinch of salt for now and stay tuned for more updates.

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Samsung has been in the news lately for one move or the other. The latest news to come out from the South Korean tech giant is the marked changes this year in relation to the accessories package for its lineup of smartphones slated for release this year. A number of models, we can confirm at this time, will come without a charger and earphones.

We hope the action may not douse the impact of the important news that the S Pen has been introduced to the S series. There would be no chargers in the following retail packages of Samsung’s latest flagship models, the Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra.

In addition, there are indications that the observed charger changes would be extended to other Galaxy models. It would seem that the tech giant has decided to forgo the charger accessory in its upcoming smartphone releases in the coming weeks and months.

There had been several speculations and predictions even since last year that Samsung may toe the present line of action after Apple last year took a similar decision to omit chargers or earphones from the packages of certain of its products. At that time, several tipsters predicted that Samsung might follow suit in taking a similar decision as Apple’s.

In a statement released to the public earlier this week, a spokesperson of the company, TM Roh all but confirmed that indeed the company was working on gradually removing chargers, as well as earphones from the packages of its smartphones.

The action may also be linked with the fact that Samsung will be unveiling a couple of fast wireless chargers in a few weeks. While the chargers are very important accessories that should be part of the package, earphones, on the other hand, are a sort of bonus and could be easily omitted.

As things stand, Samsung faithful will have to purchase both a charger and earphones separately whenever they buy a new smartphone this year.

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