Look at the barges I mentioned (https://imgur.com/a/ZNaLCuO).
Clearly this specific case isn't an automatic stitching of photos.
We must agree that there is only one barge and, though not copied, one instance of the boat has been moved out of line from the other. It would look ugly otherwise.
> Why wouldn't they erase a duplicate?
This I don't have a good reason for, which is why i thought this was curious
It's interesting seeing how they dealt with moving objects like the boats.
If you scan anti-clockwise until the river is hidden behind the buildings you should see two tour boats with "China Bohai Bank" on the side. One appears to be pulling in and one pull out. If you look at the passengers - it's actually the same boat. If you follow the river clockwise, you'll see two barges carrying dark material. Again, these are the same boat.
I could be mistaken, but it seems in both cases that some 'manual effort' would have been involved to make the picture look natural by placing the duplicates slightly out of position as if they were two individual boats.
I think the point is that the charger itself is the waste being avoided. Not the charger packaging.
Surely Apple have done some analysis into what portion of their customers will not require an additional charger with each phone purchase.