{"id":80365,"date":"2026-06-26T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/80365\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:10:09","slug":"the-real-reason-why-european-ipads-ship-without-a-power-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/80365\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Why European iPads Ship Without A Power Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"

When buyers in Europe open a brand new tablet box from Apple<\/a>, it is missing something important. The power brick is gone. The company made this change quietly while launching fresh models over the last couple of years. If you are picking up a shiny new iPad<\/a> today in the region, you will only find the device and a cable inside the package.<\/p>\n

The price tag remains the same as before, leaving buyers to purchase the wall plug separately.<\/p>\n

Local rules pushed the company to drop the included adapter<\/p>\n

This shift stems from rules set by the European Commission<\/a>. The governing body pushed the Common Charger Directive to cut down on electronic waste. The rule requires tech brands to stick to a standard USB-C port for devices like the iPhone<\/a> and other portable gadgets. The directive also states that shoppers should have the choice to skip the wall plug if a spare is already sitting at home.<\/p>\n

Instead of letting buyers choose to include a free power brick at checkout, the tech giant chose to remove it entirely. The company opted to sell the accessory as a standalone item. The change does not just affect tablets. If a customer buys a new MacBook<\/a>, it also ships without a charger. Grabbing a ninety-six-watt power brick for a laptop now costs an extra eighty-five euros.<\/p>\n

The European Union wants to shrink the massive pile of old chargers that end up in landfills. It sees these rules as a vital step for a greener future. At the same time, the tablet maker seems to be using the situation to make a point about local legislation interfering with product delivery.<\/p>\n

People upgrading old hardware after several years are now left footing the extra bill for a simple wall plug. The standoff leaves everyday buyers caught in the middle of a massive regulatory dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When buyers in Europe open a brand new tablet box from Apple, it is missing something important. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8576,15,8581,8580],"class_list":["post-80365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-europe","tag-apple","tag-european","tag-ipad","tag-iphone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}