Xiaomi Mi 11 launch is scheduled for December 28. Ahead of the launch, the company, as it typically does, has teased some of the flagship’s features.
An announcement made by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun ahead of the Mi 11 launch has taken many by surprise. Xiaomi Mi 11 box will not come with a charging adapter. Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun has taken to Chinese social media website Weibo to make the ‘startling’ revelation.
It isn’t immediately clear if Xiaomi will bundle a cable with the Mi 11 at this point of time. There’s also another angle to it, if one were to observe carefully. Over the last few iterations, Xiaomi has been aggressively ramping up on its fast charging efforts and while doing so, it has also added a compliant charger in the box ‘free’ of cost.
There is no way that all this would not have been adding to the overall cost and Xiaomi somehow not passing that on to end-users was commendable to say the least. Xiaomi’s fast wired and wireless chargers also happen to be one the most affordable accessible in the market.
To be fair, Xiaomi’s move to protect the environment makes more sense. There are well in fact a lot more Android phone chargers in the wild, including fast charging PD ones, to justify it, as opposed to an iPhone charger with USB-C (all new iPhones ship with a USB-C to Lightning cable).
So while you’re most likely going to have to buy a charger separately for your new iPhone today, that may not be the case with a phone like the Mi 11 though you’re still probably going to need a proprietary charger to make use of Xiaomi’s fast charging tech.
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