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Fred: if you want a smaller charger, move to the US. As far as I know, Apple has four 5 W iPhone chargers which never changed appearance: US, Europlug, UK, and rest of world. The ROW one looks like the iPad/old iPod with interchangeable plugs.
China gets the ROW version with the US style prongs since they country can't decide on a plug. If you want big and unwieldy, check out the Aus/NZ plug stuck on the ROW adapter.
Nov 5, 2012, 6:23:27 AM
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