Access to the Chinese market blocked? Apple has received "ultimatum" one after another, unified charging interface or a foregone conclusion? what happened? Apple mobile phone is currently the second largest mobile phone brand in the world in terms of market share. It has a very broad consumer market everywhere and has a lot of consumer fans. Unlike other mobile phones, Apple mobile phones are very individual, and even the chargers must only use the original ones.
However, this personality of Apple's mobile phone has not been supported by other countries. In the past two years, the European Union directly issued a ban on sales to Apple, requiring that the standard charging port must be used uniformly, otherwise it must not be sold locally. In addition, my country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is also studying the relevant regulations on the unified charging port. After the promulgation, if Apple still insists on using its own personalized charging port, it is likely that it will not be able to be sold normally in the domestic market.
Not long ago, Apple announced an important decision at its conference, which was to cancel the gift of chargers and charging cables. As a necessary charging facility for mobile phones, it is no longer a gift, which means that you need to spend hundreds of dollars more to buy. Of course, Apple also has a very good excuse, that is, for environmental protection.
The company believes that before this, every Apple mobile phone is equipped with a charging cable and a charging head. Consumers who buy multiple Apples will have multiple charging cables and charging heads, which will generate more electronic waste, so it is not environmentally friendly. . But in terms of environmental protection, it is better to use the domestic type-c instead of giving away charging cables and charging heads.
According to the current point of view, type-c is the most advanced charging technology. The charging power achieved is very high, and the indicators such as data transmission, video, and pictures are better than Apple's own charging cable. If the purpose is really for environmental protection, you can use type-c as your own charging device, and it can also be used by residents. Apple is not so much for environmental protection, but for more profit.
Apple, as a commercial company, is also the most profitable company in the United States. It cancels the charging head and insists on using its own charging head for a long time. It is not the so-called environmental protection, but only to obtain more profits.
At present, Apple has built-in charging chips for its own charging cables and charging heads. If it is not officially produced and there is no charging chip, the purpose of charging mobile phones cannot be achieved. type-c, not only can be interoperable among various manufacturers, but also some foundries of charging cables can also be produced, and mobile phones can also be used. Moreover, the price of type-c and Apple charging cable is obviously different. The price of the charging head is 149 yuan, the price of the charging cable is 145 yuan, and the price of both is 294 yuan.
Nowadays, the official fast charging type-c equipped by domestic mobile phone manufacturers, the price of the charging head is often 59 to 69 yuan, and the price of the charging cable is 29 to 49 yuan, the gap between the two is about 200 yuan. Secondly, for the unofficial authentic type-c, the price of a charging cable is 10 yuan to 20 yuan, and the price of a charging head is 20 to 30 yuan. The price difference between the two is about 250 yuan.
After testing, the charging efficiency achieved by Apple's charging cable and charging head is far less than that of domestic mobile phone manufacturers. The 22w charging power is essentially different from the 120w charging power of the type-c. However, the prices of the two are sky-high and underground. The price of the high charging power is lower, and the price of the low charging power is higher. This is mainly because Apple wants to make huge profits on the charging line. After all, Apple's charging cable has achieved a monopoly. When you buy an Apple mobile phone, you must buy a charging cable. People who are willing to buy an Apple mobile phone will not buy it because of the charging cable.
It is reported that Apple's main business is to sell Apple mobile phones, but the business volume formed by Apple's mobile phones is not as high as that of Samsung and other manufacturers, but the profits formed are higher than Samsung's, and this year it has become the second most profitable in the world. big company. On the one hand, thanks to the high sales volume of Apple mobile phones, the profit margin is very high, and on the other hand, thanks to the very high prices of supporting equipment for Apple mobile phones, the market size formed is also very large.
The monopoly realized by Apple is the monopoly of technology, and the production of data lines such as type-c cannot realize the monopoly of technology, which is also the difference between the two. Some small foundries are not able to produce Apple's data cables, but are unable to produce Apple's charging chips. Even if they are produced, they still need Apple's official certification to achieve the charging effect. If you want to get official certification, you need to pay a fee. With large expenses, Apple naturally lays down to make money.
In addition to the unified charger of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the relevant rules for charging cables are being drawn up, and my country's anti-monopoly law will also launch the latest version recently, which will severely crack down and deal with monopolistic behaviors in the domestic market. Apple's chargers, I believe, should be within the ranks of this monopoly.
Epilogue
All in all, the unified standard for chargers is convenient for the people, and it can also reduce the production of electronic waste and achieve a real environmental protection effect. The environmental protection advocated by Apple is just a tool to gain more benefits for itself. Domestic manufacturers also advocate environmental protection, but they leave more the initiative to choose to consumers, rather than the cost of environmental protection. down to consumers.
Post time: Jul-18-2022