A hot tater: After mocking Apple for removing the charging bricks from its iPhones, Samsung made the aforementioned move with its recently unveiled Galaxy S21 series—and the purge isn't stopping in that location. The earth's number 1 smartphone company has confirmed that its future devices will also ship without chargers and earphones.

Rumors that Samsung would "practice an Apple" and driblet the chargers from its phones arrived months before the iPhone 12 and Galaxy S21 launched. Following the former'south announcement, a mocking Facebook post suggested that Samsung wouldn't follow adjust.

October brought more than speculation that Samsung would drib the bundled charger and earphones from the S21, and the move looked more likely when information technology removed the anti-Apple Facebook post in Dec.

Surely plenty, the Milky way S21 line was revealed sans charger and earphones last week. During the presentation, the business firm hinted that the same fate would fall on its futurity devices. At present, a Q&A post (via Telephone Loonshit) by Patrick Chomet, EVP and Head of the Client Experience Function at Samsung, has confirmed it.

"We believe that the gradual removal of charger plugs and earphones from our in-box device packaging tin can help address sustainable consumption issues and remove any pressure level that consumers may feel towards continually receiving unnecessary charger accessories with new phones," he wrote.

Samsung'south reasons for dropping the charger are the same every bit Apple's, including that it'south meliorate for the surround and most people already have compatible chargers from other devices. The visitor adds that it has been implementing USB-C type charging ports since 2022, and so older chargers can notwithstanding be compatible with the latest Milky way phones, tablets, etc.

The practiced news is that Samsung is removing the accessories "gradually," so don't expect all its new devices to ship without them. But it appears almost certain that the Galaxy Note 21 will be another flagship without a charger or earphones.