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Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger (www.bbc.com)

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Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could they?

Yeah probably. USB-C connectors are ubiquitous, I'm certain they could acquire the necessary components in short notice if they had to. From my understanding they essentially did just swap the connector and kept the same USB2.0 controller.

Did they?

I doubt it, they had plenty of notice this was coming and were likely already preparing for it.

I wouldn't be surprised if the second USB-C iPhone release gets a modern controller with USB 3.2 or even 4, and Apple talks it up like they have single-handedly made USB-C fast all by theirselves (and imply that other mobile devices haven't had the same for far longer)

[+] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why are you getting downvoted 🤔 I’m pretty sure apple would have kept lighting on the "cheap" phones until the complete removal of any port (I assume they kill the port on the "cheap" phone in the next 5 years) and give the pro thunderbolt like they did this year. I’m thinking this, because I bet not even 1% of "cheap" iPhone users uses the port for data transfer (keep in mind that 1% of "cheap" iPhone users are still plenty talking in absolute numbers)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just because Apple forced their users to switch everything to wireless, doesn't mean cables are obsolete.

More users would use cable if it was actually decently implemented, like with many Android manufacturers.

Because cable has many advantages over wireless, like having transfer speeds more than 10 times faster.