SOME Samsung users have been less than pleased with the lack of items that come with a new Galaxy device.
In a recent Reddit post, one Samsung Galaxy user expressed disappointment with the company’s latest packaging.
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“We were spoiled back then,” the thread’s title reads, as an attached photo displays all of the items Samsung Galaxies used to come with, but no longer do.
The image shows a Galaxy S10+, headphones, a charging wire with a charging plug, a plastic phone case, a SIM ejector tool, and some instructions.
While the Galaxy S10+ wasn’t released that long ago (2019), today’s latest Galaxy lineup doesn’t feature nearly as many accessories.
For example, the Samsung Galaxy S24 comes with just a charging wire (not a plug) and instructions.
This change angered many Samsung users as the Reddit thread garnered over 500 upvotes and dozens of users agreed with the post’s sentiment.
“I bet in a couple of years phone brands will stop including the cables also,” one person remarked.
“They even stopped including replacement tips for the s pen, which is strange if they’re still going to sell the s pen with devices,” another person added.
“Yes, it is awful now. I cannot even find a genuine adapter,” a third person echoed.
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“Gone are the good old days,” a fourth person chimed in.
“I remember my S10plus came in a box with Galaxy Buds and Tab A as gifts, no redemption required!” they continued.
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WHY DID SAMSUNG REMOVE ITEMS?
In the past, Samsung has cited the environment as a reason for scaling back on the goods.
“Samsung believes that the gradual removal of charger plugs and earphones from our in-box device packaging can help address the growing e-waste problem,” the company writes on its website.
It’s also “trying to eliminate unnecessary waste of resources by prioritizing compatibility between product components,” it added.
However, by removing certain items like headphones and power adapters, it’s likely Samsung saves money all around.
A brief timeline of the Samsung Galaxy Fold
Here’s all the major things to happen in the controversial phone’s history so far…
- May 2011: South Korea’s Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology announces its researchers have made a folding smartphone prototype
- November 2013: Samsung promises to bring folding display devices to the market
- Spring 2016: Engineers start working on what we now refer to as the Galaxy Fold
- Otober 2018: Samsung officially confirms its foldable phone is on the way
- February 20, 2019: The Samsung Galaxy Fold is unveiled with May 3 release date and a staggering £1,800 price tag
- April 15, 2019: Journalists with early access to the phone complain its screen breaks after a couple days of use
- April 22, 2019: Samsung announces it’s postponing the Fold days before release to address and fix durability issues
- May 31, 2019: All pre-orders of the Fold are cancelled by Samsung, with no new release date in sight
- June 18, 2019: Samsung Display Vice President Kim Seong-cheol claims “most of the display problems have been ironed out”
- September 18, 2019: Samsung relaunches the Fold following a hasty redesign
- Samsung has since released several foldable smartphones without further major issues
The trend has been adopted by most popular smartphone manufacturers, including Apple.
SAMSUNG
Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally.
It was founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 as a trading company.
But over several decades, it branched into food processing, insurance, textiles, and retail.
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It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known today.
Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips.
