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Mitchell Clark @ The Verge 1 place · 12/23/2020 14:02 EDT

Samsung’s deleting ads that mocked Apple for not including a charger in the box

Photo: Samsung (via 9to5Google)Samsung has been caught deleting an ad that makes fun of Apple for not including a charging brick with the iPhone 12 — the same thing it’s rumored to be doing with its Galaxy S21 phones. The Facebook post was made by Samsung Caribbean back in October, and it had a picture of a charging brick with the caption “Included with your Galaxy” (via 9to5Google).
Photo: Samsung (via 9to5Google)
The Facebook post that has now been deleted, adding even more fuel to the rumors that

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