Phones aren’t damn puzzles. If this is your first smartphone, you’re a bit behind the curve.

The lightning connector is a decade old. It’s fairly unlikely you don’t already have one somewhere. I do agree that it was stupid that apple chose to switch to USB-C at the same time as removing the psu without including an adapter, but the USB-C connector has also been standard on android for years, you really had to be living under a rock to not have owned a USB-C charger by now.

Mind blowing thought, you can buy one for $19 usd. I wouldn’t Recommend buying any other of apples chargers as they’re overpriced. If you didn’t get the memo from the iPhone 12, sorry, but it’s the 14. Samsung made the same move within 6 months. The packaging being much smaller should at least hint at the fact it’s not included, but it’s not like apple wasn’t up front with the change.

Yea yea, call it green washing all you want but removing the charger was an actually environmentally conscious decision. As well as removing the headphone jack adapter, as most people don’t really need them and it’s fairly cheap if needed. I have two, as well as two pairs of lightning EarPods I really don’t need. I won’t throw them out on principle.