My iPhone 1.0 did in fact include a charger, not sure what planet you purchased yours on.
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My iPhone 1.0 did in fact include a charger, not sure what planet you purchased yours on.
Yeah. What he said.
Are you (OP) really saying, "There's a charger in the box, must be a last-minute panic decision"? There is not much reason to conjecture that. iPhone came with a charger. MacBooks come with a charger. My beloved old iPod Nano didn't, but the iPad ain't no Nano.
It's not an unexpected cost. The iPad was going to ship with a charger either way, and they easily knew ahead of time the ballpark battery capacity they'd be talking about and the impossibility of charging and running off USB, an interface never designed to support high-load devices like this.
iPods stopped coming with AC chargers several rounds of price drops ago, because their small batteries easily charge while syncing, market research suggested that AC adapters weren't used all that often, and most people aren't far from a USB port for long. iPhones and iPads are used for independent work and travel, so it's much more likely that just a power outlet would be available.
Your standard USB port is sufficient for charging this thing. What it may not be is sufficient for charging while operating. A KB article is more than adequate for such a minor issue.
So basicly your only apple Prodoct is iPods?
I'm pretty sure every apple prodoct besides iPods have chargers. And the ipas isn't a iPod
I'm pretty sure every apple prodoct besides iPods have chargers. And the ipas isn't a iPod
Here's the logic... Apple included a charger with the iPad BECAUSE THE ENGINEERS KNEW THE CUSTOMER WOULD NEED ONE! For the iPad, the charger really isn't an optional item. It charges too slowly via a computer's USB port.
Thus underlining the silliness of your original question.
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the original iPods came with the same 10w chargers. Which is good since I still have one. They were able to get them down to 5w chargers which is nice to have the small form factor for those. I believe that they were always going to have the 10w charger included. The iPad falls into a new device category, so they should have their own charger. Plus they are going for a broader market, that may not own any of the other products let alone have the latest and greatest computer with which to charge said device. So it is one, smart marketing and two, good customer relations to include a charger with it.
The original iPod chargers were 5W, not 10W. They just have the same form factor as the current 10W charger, is all.
If you're talking about the really old FireWire chargers, those were 12 *volts*, not 12 *watts*.
The original iPhone chargers (USB) were 5V, 5W.
Ummm, 12V x 1A = 12W.
If they were 1A, but I don't think they were. Unfortunately I can't find mine to check. In any case, they won't work with iPhones or iPads, so it's hardly relevant.
I've owned the following apple iPod/iPhone devices, and below is a breakdown of their included accessories:
iPod 5GB Generation 1: firewire only, mechanical scroll wheel, black & white screen, came with headphones, firewire cable, power adapter
iPod 30GB Generation 5: headphones, usb to dock cable
iPod Mini 4GB Generation 1: usb to dock cable, headphones
iPod nano 8GB Generation 3: usb to dock cable, headphones
iPod nano 8GB Generation 4: usb to dock cable, headphones
iPhone 8GB Generation 1: power adapter, headphones with microphone, usb to dock cable
iPhone 8GB 3G Generation 2 (post 3GS release): power adapter, headphones with microphone, usb to dock cable
I'd expect the iPad, with it's higher power requirement, came with a charger as a primary thought, certainly not as an after thought
also, I don't know of an iPhone that doesn't come with a 5W wall power adapter. they're the nifty little cube bricks now instead of the huge things they used to be.
They were.
You are wrong - again.
Since you want to argue, like a pic?
It's a shame I had to peel the plastic on this gem.
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Thanks for the info. In any case, kind of irrelevant since I was talking about USB power adapters, not FireWire ones.
I guess the really old iPods must have had big batteries.
I just wish they would cleary state what the wattage is or at least make them look differant from each other. I couldn't figure out why my iPad was taking forever to charge until i found out my daughter picked up the 10watt and dropped her 5 watt by the wall.
anybody know what would happen if i plug the iPad charger into an iPhone 3Gs?
will it blow the battery? charge it quicker? what?
will it blow the battery? charge it quicker? what?
I'm at the Apple store now and the box says compatible with ipad, iPhone, itouch, nano, iPod classic, shuffle, iPod video, mini, iPod with color