Brazilian Ministry of Justice fines Apple over $2 million and orders ban of iPhones sold without a charger

07 September 2022
The ban includes all iPhone models that don’t include a power adapter. Apple is going to appeal the order.

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  • 07 Sep 2022

Hopefully more Governments will do the same.

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    • 07 Sep 2022

    Anonymous, 07 Sep 2022You think everybody using huawei and gets that charger. BT... moreJesus christ little boy everyone in China started copy Huawei with fast charge long time ago.. It now doesn't matter if Huawei or oppo or xiaomi all is same boy.. All China manufacturers blocking using different fast chargers and that must be stopped period
    That's fine of course since 2019 there been chargers upgrades but am planning buy new phone next year
    I have 40w and that's enough am not that impatient.
    I was just saying point we have fast charge long time ago so ppl have fast chargers long time ago so no need more chargers. And if you really need fast charger you can buy on ebay just for £10
    I have 3 chargers ans one oppo 65w but doesn't work with Huawei..
    Little poco has sht crap small battery that's why it will charge faster. I have 5000 I said previously.
    And Huawei has protection 90% I will have charged in 40 minutes but once it reaches 95% charging will automatically slow down to protect battery

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      • LiQ
      • 07 Sep 2022

      Grey Wolf, 07 Sep 2022Even though you are partly true (I mean is normal that each... moreAccording to that logic, Sony would be number 1 as their phones are the most overpriced out there, especially if we talking about midrange 10 series. You keep repeating the word "worse" when you comparing profits while concluding Apple has the highest profits. I don't get it. I mean, I do understand what you saying but how can company with highest profit be "worse"? Overpriced what? I disagree with you. Have you recently look at the prices of other Android flagships or near flagship devices offerings? In my opinion Apple was never that cheap compared to others. Iphone is a great piece of hardware providing great results across the board but they're also a great piece of software and you're paying for that software in iOS which is not free like Android is. It's all relative depending on your angle or simply putted, the truth (beauty) is in the eye of the beholder.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 07 Sep 2022

        AnonD-1058210, 07 Sep 2022What u mean old? 🤷‍♂️ I have old chargers 3 of them chargi... moreYou think everybody using huawei and gets that charger.
        BTW, you have so powerful charger but still needs 1 hour to charge?
        Poco x3 charges in 40min with 25W charger.

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          • AnonD-1033007
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          • 07 Sep 2022

          Rosso, 07 Sep 2022Apple is the worst when it comes to it because they know wh... moreYeah no, i know few people who actually own iPhone because they love their system and other things. Stop generalizing.

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            • AnonD-1058210
            • 39y
            • 07 Sep 2022

            Rosso, 07 Sep 2022"we have milion chargers at home" I bought a p... moreNo problem is that smartphone manufacturers prohibits other brand chargers to charge fast.. That's the problem! And scrAple doing problems not implementing usb c!
            And EU is fighting that everything must be usb-c BUT every smartphone must not detect other brand cable and charger and prohibit fast charge! That's the issue.
            Once this will be sorted no need have pile of chargers at home but end users don't care that's why

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              • 39y
              • 07 Sep 2022

              you have to suffer, 07 Sep 2022a good thing?? are you defending apple?!!? they must stop r... moreWhy? I do not defend that sht🤷‍♂️
              Don't u know that Samsung not offering chargers too? 🤷‍♂️ Don't you know that oppo is planning to exclude chargers too?

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                • AnonD-1058210
                • 39y
                • 07 Sep 2022

                Event Horizon, 07 Sep 2022But old chargers aren't that fast. And chargers don�... moreWhat u mean old? 🤷‍♂️
                I have old chargers 3 of them charging my phone with super charge 40w and I have smartphone from year 2019 that's old my Huawei Mate 20 X has 5000 mAh battery and supercharge take 45 to one hour fully charge from 0 so which old charger you talking about? 🤷‍♂️ From ancient history?

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                  • 07 Sep 2022

                  AnonF-1006353, 07 Sep 2022millions of old worthless 5 watt chargers that won't c... moreWell you been probably sleeping under rock, because I have 40w supercharger since 2019? 🤷‍♂️ So which idiot using 5V 1A or 2A chargers? 🤷‍♂️

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                    • AnonD-1058210
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                    • 07 Sep 2022

                    AnonD-864404, 07 Sep 2022If Apple kept the option of both included charger phone box... moreBut they did not profit from it at all.. They only thought.. And EU saw it as very good step.. But phone manufacturers MUST make phones charging without restrictions that only their chargers will charge fast.. And cables compatibility.. That's the cheekiness which must be stopped or prohibited by EU

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                      • pux
                      • 07 Sep 2022

                      I hope to see more governments put this bs to end. Companies can try to hurt consumers with their virtue signaling all they want but the governments have the last say and it will hurt Apple much more to lose one big market than it will hurt Brazil's economy to stop importing iPhones. I hope they do this to Samsung too if they didn't already.

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                        • 3LF
                        • 07 Sep 2022

                        AnonD-1033007, 07 Sep 2022And Samsung, Google, Xiaomi etc. aren't? Please.Apple is the worst when it comes to it because they know what they are, a luxury brand, they know people buy their stuff because of status.

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                          • 3LF
                          • 07 Sep 2022

                          AnonD-1058210, 07 Sep 2022Are they stupid in brazil?🤷‍♂️ All smartphone manufacturer... more"we have milion chargers at home"

                          I bought a phone that has 67w charging, my previous one had 18w brick, if I didn't get a new brick I would need to go out, spend more money and create more waste by buying a separate box with charger.

                          Truth is, only cheapest of phones can actually create less waste without having a charger because their charging speeds aren't getting upped as much as midrangers and flagships, when it comes to those, your old brick is way less useful then a proper new one, but those are specifically ones who are loosing power bricks because companies know they can earn more cash, and act like it's a good thing, when it causes more waste, it's scummy and disgusting.

                            AnonD-1058210, 07 Sep 2022Are they stupid in brazil?🤷‍♂️ All smartphone manufacturer... morea good thing?? are you defending apple?!!? they must stop removing chargers. old chargers from old devices are too slow for new ones. you're letting companies to make more money 🙄🙄

                              Dishonored, 07 Sep 2022lol apple is just mocking people so you buy the iphone for... moreother companies follow apple, to put an excuse of "save the planet" bs

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 07 Sep 2022

                                blue, 07 Sep 2022Why do you specify Apple, when Chinese brands are even worse?Because the article is about Apple. And I said other manufacturers that don't provide a charger either.

                                  AnonD-1058210, 07 Sep 2022Are they stupid in brazil?🤷‍♂️ All smartphone manufacturer... moreBut old chargers aren't that fast. And chargers don't last forever either.

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                                    • gD$
                                    • 07 Sep 2022

                                    AnonD-1058210, 07 Sep 2022Are they stupid in brazil?🤷‍♂️ All smartphone manufacturer... moremillions of old worthless 5 watt chargers that won't cut it anymore for charging current phone batteries in time. And this will only get worse as the batteries still get bigger and advertised charging technologies faster. Also, as the population and device count per household increases, there will be a point where you run out of your old precious slow chargers...

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                                      • LiQ
                                      • 07 Sep 2022

                                      Soon enough and I'm afraid that Brazil will not have much to choose from as even Android midrangers stopped selling with a charger in a box. I highly doubt they will ever bring. I wonder what they're planning to do with phone makers on Android. What? Ban them all? Hmm

                                        they might have paid more than $2m to law firm to fight this...