There have been numerous reports that the iPhone 12 will ship without a wall charger included. We wondered if this is an environmentally friendly move or a greedy move on Apple's part.

Even if you already have an iPhone charger on hand, it will not be able to provide the 20W fast charging that the iPhone 12 lineup is said to support. Apple is also known to price its accessories higher than some of its partners. The new Aukey Omnia Mini 20W PD is now available.

While wall-mounted chargers have been slimming down over the past few years from bulky units to compact plugs, the Omnia Mini 20W PD is just over an inch square, yet it can output 20W of charging power. In other words, it is compatible with Quick Charge 2.0 and Power Delivery 3.0 standards.

The current iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro support 18W fast charging, while the iPhone 12 is expected to reach 20W. Therefore, the new Aukey Omnia Mini 20W PD may be the ideal charger to fit the new iPhone, which is expected to have a clean, squared-off design like the iPhone 4.

Even if Apple were to include the charger in the iPhone 12 box, it would not be as compact as the Omnia Mini 20W PD's 1.13 x 1.13 x 1.20 inches; Apple's current 18W USB-C charger used in the iPhone and iPad Pro is somewhat bulky.

Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 12 series in October. We had initially expected to see it in September, but it appears that the September 15 Apple event will instead be used to unveil the Apple Watch 6 and iPad Air 4. [No release date for the charger has been revealed yet, but it is likely to appear this fall.