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TL;DR
- The Xiaomi 14T Professional doesn’t ship with a charger within the field.
- Xiaomi’s assertion means that the European Frequent Charger Directive could possibly be responsible for this determination.
- The corporate could be becoming a member of Apple, Google, OnePlus, and Samsung in not providing a bundled charger for high-end telephones.
We’ve seen a pattern for Android OEMs to drop the in-box charger from their high-end telephones ever since Apple did it a number of years in the past. Xiaomi beforehand flirted with this determination, nevertheless it’s now dropped the bundled charger with its newest flagship Android telephone.
We are able to verify that our Xiaomi 14T Professional doesn’t ship with a telephone charger within the field, solely coming with a USB-C cable and a protecting case.
A Xiaomi consultant confirmed the information in a press release to Android Authority:
There’s no charger bundled this time, because it’s a European model, it is not going to embrace the charger (sic).
Europe’s Frequent Charger Directive encourages the sale of units within the EU and not using a bundled charger with the intention to cut back e-waste. So Xiaomi is probably going following this steerage. OnePlus cited this directive earlier this yr when it emerged that the OnePlus Nord CE 4 Lite didn’t ship with a charger within the area. However the OnePlus telephone additionally dropped the charger in different markets, comparable to Malaysia.
A rising pattern to drop the bundled charger
This transfer however signifies that you’ll want to purchase a separate 120W charger for the Xiaomi 14T Professional or depend on a USB-PD charger. Xiaomi units used to have iffy help for the USB-PD customary, however that’s improved lately. So you need to have the ability to get quick speeds (65W+) with PD chargers. That’s greater than could be mentioned for many OnePlus telephones, which nonetheless fall again to sub-30W charging speeds through USB-PD.
Xiaomi’s transfer additionally comes after the corporate dropped the bundled charger from the Mi 11 in China again in 2021, though latest flagships within the area provide an in-box adapter as soon as once more. The corporate additionally launched the Redmi Observe 11 SE in India in 2022 with out an in-box adapter, however subsequent Redmi Observe telephones out there nonetheless provide a bundled charger. Nonetheless, the 14T Professional marks the primary time that Xiaomi has dropped the in-box charger from a globally launched flagship telephone.
We’ve requested Xiaomi whether or not all 14T Professional fashions will skip the bundled charger or if this solely applies to European variants. We’ll replace the article as quickly as the corporate offers us a solution. Both means, the corporate could be becoming a member of Apple, Google, OnePlus, and Samsung in ditching the bundled charger from their high-end telephones in some capability.
