Should I dig up the millions of USB-C supporter suggesting there will be no MFi with USB-C?
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Should I dig up the millions of USB-C supporter suggesting there will be no MFi with USB-C?
Keeping proprietary crap around is even more harmful as soon as one applies logical thinking. Thanks EU for thinking further ahead than those claiming to be innovative and doing nothing to reduce the waste mountain.
Yeah, even in new high-end PCs not every computer has Thunderbolt. If it can’t operate at USB 3.0 speeds over a normal USB 3.0 connection, or even just fall back to standard USB 2.0 then that is an immediate dealbreaker. I can’t upgrade devices and completely lose the connectivity I need to my iPhone.
Who cares about uploading to the phone; It's getting video and large files OFF the phone. 4k 60fps HDR videos are huge.
Worked at Mary 9, indeed it never was about reducing waste. It’s about increasing profits.
You're taking it personally when that happens discussion lead nowhere. I am not saying the EU is bad. Since you're taking a bad way, you are living within or near the EU. Never said dislike the EU. taking it to heart........ like their policies are great, but not everyone does. again there is no harm but people take it the wrong way I can’t help that. Not everybody thinks like each other just accept that
When people don’t read people reactions reflect it
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What “a lot” of users do and what power users do have always been two different things. I’d rather my professional needs were catered to than someone who just wants a Tik Tok machine.
The thunderbolt standard requires the port be at least USB 3. If it's only backwards compatible with USB 2.0, it can't be labeled as thunderbolt. It can still be done, just can't be labeled as such.
I don't think anyone even makes a USB 2 only thunderbolt controller chip, but I guess it could be controlled via firmware.
Come on now, USB 2.0 speeds weren't acceptable at this pricepoint back in 2013 either.
One port design should be good for all the phone model the best of the 3 pictured
This. My usb-c’s never wear out and I’ve had 15 or so lighting cables go dead in the last decade, especially the dreaded blackened power connector death 💀.
It isn't more environmentally friendly to stick to lightning. Switching the port makes future products more environmentally friendly. This now means that accessory makers no longer need to bother with both lightning and USB-C compatibility. Anything that's already produced isn't going to just disappear now... Nevermind that everything else Apple does already has USB-C.
I am not taking it personal, you are making stuff up about EU trying to rule the world and seem to be getting worked up when I call you on that BS.
EU doesn't care what happens outside of EU in regards to this, they only care about what happens inside EU. That isn't trying to rule the world, they are just deciding policies within their own borders.
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If they did that they would have to market it as "USB 3.0" speeds in the Pro, which would directly marketing the slower version of the iPhone as USB 2.0, which is bad marketing. If they make it Thunderbolt, they never have to mention anything about what USB Speed any of the phones have, this way Apple can brag about having a phone with Thunderbolt, and that will be free marketing, I don't think any other phones have it, and the USB 2.0 non-Pro phones won't get much attention. Its the Apple marketing way.
You can't market a port as Thunderbolt if it doesn't have at least 3.0 speed. Apple doesn't control the Thunderbolt title.
I totally agree. I was writing also that lightning is more durable and people laughed... I dropped 2 samsungs with usb-c cable plugged in and the phone fell on the cable... The phone had to be repaired because charging port was damaged.
Also, lightning has only 2 pieces, while usb-c has 3. You can easily bend the small plate inside the phone that has usb-c even while cleaning it.
The popular MicroUSB connector is amazingly unreliable garbage. The MicroB SuperSpeed connector still makes me laugh ... and cringe. They are both case studies of a committee-approved design error. No wonder Apple went with Lightning. It was the right choice.
USB-C is certainly the very best of all the standard USB connectors. Thank goodness that the USB committee figured it out. Too bad that the USB committee failed to build the standard so there would be fewer classes of incompatible USB-C cables.
USB-C is certainly the very best of all the standard USB connectors. Thank goodness that the USB committee figured it out. Too bad that the USB committee failed to build the standard so there would be fewer classes of incompatible USB-C cables.
Lightning is a good port/connector, but I don't think it could have scaled up to what the type-c connector can now handle, 240w. Type-c also has 24 pins vs lightning 16 pins.
I've seen lightning ports break off inside the phone too. Easy to fix, as long as you can get them out, but it can still happen. Hopefully Apple will beef up the center piece of the port, maybe with metal instead of it being just a strip of plastic like most manufactures.
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I'm not saying they will just market its Thunderbolt, they will make it full fledged Thunderbolt, with faster than USB 3.0 speeds, so they don't ever have to mention USB speeds.
They won't. It'll barely get mentioned (if at all) just like it barely got mentioned when they removed the wall charger or switched to Lightning-to-USB-C cables.
Imagine looking across the room to the guy with a £300 pixel with his full USB C speed while holding your £900 phone 😂
It looks just like how a USB-C port looks on all my other devices!!!
And it’s in the same spot where they put the lightning port?!?
And it’s in the same spot where they put the lightning port?!?
Maybe it won't take forever to restore an iPhone via Mac anymore.