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We asked, you told us: Samsung will copy Apple by ditching in-box chargers
July 03, 2025
Smartphones that ship with bundled chargers may soon be a luxury rather than a given. With Apple now stripping essential accessories from itsiPhone 12packaging and asking users to purchase a charger separately, it wouldn’t be difficult to imagine other OEMs doing the same.
Although Samsung mocked the Cupertino firm’s charger-less iPhones soon after they were announced, the firm could well choke on its chuckles. Rumors in Julysuggestthat from 2021, Samsung could also rid its smartphones of in-box chargers. Could this begin as soon as theGalaxy S30?
To better read the room,we asked readersif they believe Samsung would follow suit and also drop the in-box charger from its future phones. Here’s what you told us.
Will Samsung drop the in-box charger from future phones?
Readers don’t have much faith in Samsung’s commitment to the in-box charger. Of the nearly 1,200 votes cast, 69.1% of readers believe that the Korean firm would also drop it from its future devices.
That sentiment isn’t misplaced. The company has previously backtracked on the headphone jack after ittauntedApple’s decision to remove it from the iPhone 7. A number of Android OEMs followed suit, and now it has become an annoying standard across the smartphone world bar a few exceptions.
Samsung also set a precedent for asking users to purchase additional chargers for their $1,000 smartphones. To activate theGalaxy S20 Ultra‘s 45W charging abilities, users had to fork out an additional$50 on an aftermarket charger. Granted, a 25W brick was included with the phone, but will this be the case with its next round of flagships?
Interestingly, a sizeable portion of voters wouldn’t care less. Just under 31% of readers would be totally fine if Samsung no longer includes an in-box charger. This comes despite anearlier pollwe ran lamenting the then rumored plans of Apple’s charger exclusion. More than 77% of users on that poll said they’d resent the Cupertino firm if the charger was dropped.
Here’s what you told us
That’s it for this poll. Thanks to everyone who contributed with votes and comments. If you have any additional thoughts about Samsung or Apple’s moves, or regarding the results of the poll itself, be sure to drop a comment down below.
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