Apple's 5 Watt charger no longer available in the Apple Store

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No more 5 Watt charger

After the Japanese website Mac Otakara discovered that the 5 Watt USB adapter is no longer available, it turned out that this is the case in more countries. The 5 Watt charger can no longer be found in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and far beyond (New Zealand, Australia, China). You can still buy it in the US, but probably not for much longer.

Apple still sold the 5 Watt charger for €25,- which is actually an absurd price when you consider that for the same amount you can buy the much more modern, faster and and more powerful 20 Watt charger. adapter. The old adapter will not have been sold much in recent years. Many people still had some from previous iPhone purchases, and if you needed a new one, there were plenty of alternatives (including the MagSafe Charger).

In the US, Canada, UK, Ireland and Singapore, the slow adapter is still available. Apple supplied all iPhone models up to and including the iPhone 11. With the iPhone 11 Pro you received a one-time 18 Watt adapter with USB-C and after that Apple stopped supplying adapters altogether. The reason given was that it was better for the environment, but cost savings will also have played a part.

If you want to, you can still buy one, but it is not a smart purchase. Also be careful with cheap counterfeits, because those adapters can sometimes be a fire hazard.

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