Oppo Won’t Include In-Box Chargers with Some Phones Next Year

Sep. 2, 2022

It now seems to be a trend of removing in-box chargers, started by Apple and eventuallyfollowed by Samsung. Even Xiaomi stopped selling in-box chargers with theMi 11 seriesand the recently launched Redmi Note 11 SE in India. And the new brand to hop onto this bandwagon is Oppo as the company has confirmed it will take this step next year.

Oppo Decides to Sell Phones Without Chargers

Oppo’s Billy Zhang, at the recent European launch of the Reno 8 series, has confirmed thatsome of its products won’t come with an in-box power adaptor, starting next year. Zhang says that Oppo “has a plan” for this.

However, there’s no word on which future Oppo phones will be shipped without an in-box charger. Considering this will be a first for the company, it could start with its high-end phones belonging to the Reno and Find X series.

That said, it could be for the budget or mid-range phones too. Thedecision will reflect in select markets, so, we don’t know if users in India will be affected.

Zhang further stated, “It’s not that easy for consumers to get access to [SuperVOOC chargers], so we have to keep it in the box. However, as we are expanding our business operations, we are looking to take chargers out of the box and put them in the store so that our users are able to buy the chargers and continue using them even when they upgrade their devices.“

While a reason isn’t officially known, we expect it to be aninitiative towards a sustainable environment by curbing the carbon footprint, something Apple and Samsung claim to follow. Plus, this will help in increased sales of Oppo’s VOOC and SuperVOOC chargers that support the company’s proprietary fast charging tech. Since not all brands support them, buying Oppo’s chargers will be the only right choice!

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