I’ve been searching all over and I just wanted to confirm I wasn’t losing my mind.

In December we bought my daughter a white iPhone 11, from our cell carrier, and it came with the phone/earbuds/charging brick

2 days ago my husband purchased a black iPhone 11 for himself, from same cell carrier...box came with just a cable. (Which is how I understand newer phones are being shipped now, guess I didn’t know this applied to new purchases of older model phones)

Did we just get an “older” iPhone 11 when we bought the white one last month?