https://wccftech.com/tipster-says-apple-probably-wont-ship-earphones-with-the-iphone-12/

We covered back in May that Apple's iPhone 12 packaging might not include Earphones out of the box in order to boost its AirPods sales. While we wish it wasn't true, a tipster has pointed it out again that this might indeed be the situation. Apple has been bundling the earphone with every iPhone for a long time. The company still provided the earphones when it killed the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

According to the latest, the tipster has tweeted that Apple might omit the earphones in the iPhone 12 packaging. This is not the first time that we're hearing the news about the omission of the earphones. Ming-Chi Kuo stated that the reason Apple might go with the decision is to increase its AirPods sales. For Apple, it makes perfect sense. People not opting to buy AirPods is because they already get one in the box.