The Brazilian government ordered Apple to do so Stop selling iPhones without a charger in the country under the argument that the company offers “incomplete consumer product”.

In addition to canceling sales of the iPhone 12 and above and suspending the sale of any iPhone model that does not come with a charger, Brazil’s Justice Department fined the Cupertino firm 12.275 million reais ($2.38 million).

In the order published in the country’s official gazette, the ministry says the iPhone was missing an essential component it believes to be “intentionally discriminatory practices against consumers”.

Brazilian authorities rejected Apple’s argument that the practice was aimed at reducing carbon emissions and estimated that there was no evidence of such environmental protection for selling a smartphone without a charger. Apple has already been fined in Brazil for this reason, and the new order comes a day before the company unveils the new iPhone 14 generation.

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You know how things are. Apple chose not to include a charger in its mobiles with an argument «environmental care” and a contribution to the reduction of CO2 emissions and the extraction of rare earths. The level of “e-waste” is of course stratospheric and costs the global economy tens of billions of dollars in addition to the environmental impact.

However, many understood Apple’s move for business reasons and they criticized the hypocrisy of society in this matter, they recalled that they were the biggest opponents of programs such as the single European charger or third-party repair programs. In addition, Apple’s cost savings from not having a charger or headphones were not passed on to consumers, and the iPhone 12 launched at the same price as the iPhone 11, which included them.

And not just Apple. The rest of the mobile phone manufacturers followed Apple’s practice and most no longer provide power chargers or headphones for mobile phones. They didn’t even lower the price. It is hard to think that the big tech companies thought about the environment to adopt this strategy….