Xiaomi Confirms Mi 11 Series Will Not Come with a Charger in the Box
Dec. 26, 2020Though Xiaomi may havemocked Apple for removing the chargerfrom the iPhone 12 retail box, the Chinese giant is now ready to follow in its footsteps. Xiaomi confirmed today that its upcoming flagshipMi 11 serieswill not include a charger in the box.
Xiaomi Removes Charger from Mi 11 Box: Why?
In anofficial Weibo post, Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun confirmed that theMi 11 box will not come with a charging brick. That sounds surprising, right? Why would you mock a competitor and then follow its lead? Well, Jun exclaims (translated from Chinese to English) that this move is in‘response to the call of technology and environmental protection.’
Attached above, we have Xiaomi’s official post mocking Apple on Twitter and Lei Jun’s official Weibo post revealing that the Mi 11 retail box will not include a charger. What do you think about Xiaomi’s decision? Will Xiaomi reduce the price tag to compensate for the removed charger? Let us know your opinion in the comments below.
In the Weibo post, Jun says that Xiaomi will reveal a‘better solution between industry practice and environmental protection’at thelaunch event on Monday. Xiaomi will be thefirst Android phone maker to not offer a charger in the box. Samsung will follow right after, as per leaks, and the Galaxy S21 retail box will not include a charging brick either.
Here you can see the thin new Mi 11 retail box and the in-depth explanation behind the company’s decision to exclude the charging brick:
Apart from the missing charger in the box, Xiaomi has confirmed some of the key new features of the Mi 11 series. It will include a curved AMOLED display withGorilla Glass Victus(or Gorilla Glass 7), speakers tuned by Harmon Kardon, thelatest Snapdragon 888 chipset, and a lot more. So yeah, stay tuned for more official information.
