XPost: uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: larrywolff@larrywolff.net   
      
   On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:36:15 -0000 (UTC), Tweed wrote:   
      
   > Another thought connected with the semi conductor shortage - they may have   
   > felt that they couldn't produce enough usb-c chargers. Lightning iPhone   
   > purchasers would likely be using an existing charger, especially Apple had   
   > stopped automatically supplying them with a new phone. Switching to usb-c   
   > is very likely to cause an uptick in usb-c charger purchases at the time of   
   > buying your first usb-c iPhone. It would not look good if Apple said their   
   > chargers were in supply constraint. Not being able to buy semiconductors   
   > freely was a real issue for two years post Covid, as shown by the car   
   > manufacturers.   
      
   The real reason was stated in the business news at the time where Apple's   
   profits for wireless chargers & high-power wired chargers went up something   
   like five thousand percent year over year when Apple simply stopped   
   supplying the chargers and instead - sold them at the point of sale.   
      
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