Apple’s charger removal may have saved it $6.5B in under two years
aakashgupta · x · 2026-07-24
Apple removed the charger from iPhone boxes in 2020 and, according to the post, saved about $6.5 billion in under two years.
- CCS Insight estimated the bundled charger and EarPods cost roughly $35 per phone to provide.
- Across 190 million iPhones shipped since the change, that implies about $6.5 billion in savings.
- Apple also reportedly picked up around $295 million in accessory revenue as customers bought chargers separately.
- Smaller boxes let Apple fit 70% more iPhones per pallet, cutting freight costs by roughly 40%.
- Apple framed the move as eliminating 2 million metric tons of carbon per year, while keeping iPhone prices effectively unchanged.
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