Most other companies here offer the charging box that is USB-A. While the phone end is USB-C.
So when you buy an iPhone, you get a lightining-USBC cable, while you have a USB-A brick... thus you can't use the iPhone.
In an older thread I gave a more detailed explanation on how this situation happened. But long story short: phones in Brazil are ridiculously expensive, so are chargers, people don't change them often and someone buying an iPhone often is someone that was using a very old phone, sometimes a dumbphone even. And when they don't find a charger in the box, they go to black market to buy some crappy chinese ones that can set themselves on fire.
Ah. So if Apple had put off switching from USB-A to USB-C for a few years they might not have gotten in trouble. And other phone brands that use USB-C and don't include the AC adapter are probably less high-profile than Apple but might find themselves in the same legal situation in the near future.
In fact, yes. What pissed off the judges here was precisely that Apple switched from USB-A bricks to USB-C bricks and dropped the chargers right after. So when their defense was sent to the judge, claiming people already had the chargers, the justice system considered this a blatant lie.
EDIT: the company I work for sent me a Mac M1... The charger brick that came with it, is the only USB-C charger brick I have. And I have a ton of charger bricks...
Meanwhile I am today using 2 USB-mini to USB-C adapters to charge phones. Because my 2 most reliable chargers are USB-A to USB-mini. I tried switching cables around but then fast charging stops working.
Most other companies here offer the charging box that is USB-A. While the phone end is USB-C.
So when you buy an iPhone, you get a lightining-USBC cable, while you have a USB-A brick... thus you can't use the iPhone.
In an older thread I gave a more detailed explanation on how this situation happened. But long story short: phones in Brazil are ridiculously expensive, so are chargers, people don't change them often and someone buying an iPhone often is someone that was using a very old phone, sometimes a dumbphone even. And when they don't find a charger in the box, they go to black market to buy some crappy chinese ones that can set themselves on fire.