Xiaomi ditches chargers for the Mi 11 after mocking Apple's similar move

Oh what a difference literally just two months makes.

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi is taking some flak over the news that its next major phone, the Mi 11, will be shipping without a charger in the box. It's quite a turnaround coming just two months after the company joined others in dragging Apple for making the same decision with 2020's iPhone 12.

Yikes!

Confirmation of the move comes from none other than Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun in a post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo (h/t The Verge). In an auto-translated version of the post from the original Chinese, Jun said the move is "a response to the call of technology and environmental protection." Read more...