[HN Gopher] The Google Pixel 6 won't ship with a charger
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       The Google Pixel 6 won't ship with a charger
        
       Author : miles
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-08-17 21:16 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | postalrat wrote:
       | Hoping this makes the pixel 6 the cheapest pixel phone ever.
        
         | distances wrote:
         | It'll likely be the most expensive ever, they seem to aim for
         | the flagship category.
        
       | bsder wrote:
       | As much as this irritates me emotionally, rationally its a good
       | idea. I haven't used a charger that came with a cell phone in
       | years.
       | 
       | I have a handful of small GaN chargers always around. They can
       | charge _anything_ (including laptops) and generally can put out
       | more power than any phone charger.
       | 
       | I never have to worry about "Can this charger work with <X>?".
       | The answer is always "Yes" although perhaps a bit slowly for a
       | really big laptop.
        
       | mdaniel wrote:
       | I can appreciate the frustration that will cause the first person
       | to buy a modern phone, but consider it a good thing for every
       | subsequent owner, *provided* there aren't some kind of weird
       | "requires a USB 3.1b-mark2 charging cable, sold separately"
       | shenanigans
       | 
       | Now with the cost savings, they can add back the headphone jack
       | like a sane phone
        
         | ksec wrote:
         | >I can appreciate the frustration that will cause the first
         | person to buy a modern phone,
         | 
         | We are pretty close to Smartphone saturation. If we take US as
         | an example, there are ~300M Smartphone user out of ~330M
         | population. If you take out kids under age of 10 you are
         | running close to 100% already. And even those who dont own a
         | Smartphone, the probability of their household owning an USB
         | charger is pretty high.
         | 
         | I do hope the include a USB- _A_ to USB-C cable though.
        
           | distances wrote:
           | Current Google chargers have C-to-C cables. I don't see them
           | shipping A-to-C, I'd rather assume there's no cable at all.
        
       | tomklein wrote:
       | Why not just include a coupon for a free charger or let the
       | customer decide?
        
         | t_von_doom wrote:
         | The skeptic in me says that people would take a freebie
         | regardless of whether they actually need it or not.
         | 
         | Maybe a slight improvement would be to offer the phone at full
         | price minus the RRP of the charger. Then if it's necessary the
         | customer can pay the 'full' price as it introduces a perceived
         | cost
        
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