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by pwinnski 2077 days ago
Right. I have a pile of existing charges and cables, no problem.

The new free included cable will let me charge my new phone* from my MacBook, something I currently cannot do!

* I don't actually plan to buy a new phone, but hypothetically.
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ballenf 2077 days ago
Just based on MacBook vs. iPhone sales numbers, Apple sells 40 iPhones for every laptop. Most iPhone owners don't have an Apple laptop.

Numbers from 2018: 217M iPhones, 5M laptops:

https://www.statista.com/topics/847/apple/

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stouset 2077 days ago
Most people hold onto their laptops for longer than they go between phone upgrades. And many (most? all?) laptop manufactures have USB-C ports on their devices these days, all of which can be used to charge your phone.
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