XPost: uk.telecom.mobile, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-09-16 20:33, Larry Wolff wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Have you got a source for that claim...   
      
   ...and while we're on the subject, what the percentage of Apple's total   
   revenue that represented?   
      
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