And much cheaper. For $20 you can buy 4 good quality USBC cables, or two lightning cables from the same brand.
That’s not exactly true. Anker cables the price difference is negligible
And much cheaper. For $20 you can buy 4 good quality USBC cables, or two lightning cables from the same brand.
That never stopped Apple in the past from changing the port.The only downside of USB-C is actually not because of USB-C's technology, but because there are already many accessories made for the lightning port. If the new iPhone switches to USB-C, a lot of old accessories can't be used with the new phones.
Because USB-C is not widely used in electronics right now. 99.99% of things still use USB-A so changing something to use USB-C will create more plastic waste despite news reports (and the EU commission) saying the opposite.
People must just be bored of Lightning to want USB-C to replace it.
IMHO, USB-C benefits over Lightning are overrated. My guess is that Apple will keep on using Lightning for the next few years and then get rid of that power socket altogether, as some rumours of “cable-free” iPhones suggested. By then they will have figured out a way to make a compact inexpensive wireless charger to bundle with all the iPhones sold.
Several bonuses here:
- they can use the extra space freed up by the removed power cord for adding more battery cells;
- satisfy the EU regulations for more universal charging solutions;
- make iPhone hacking with devices like Greybox impossible.
I disagree.
Not on the iPhone 11.
That’s not exactly true. Anker cables the price difference is negligible
except their usb-c adapter for lightening ear plugs is near $80 here
Errr what ?
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Yep. Actually $85 with delivery, no where else available except from amazon US and works out similar to here.
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Anker USB-C to Lightning Audio Adapter
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It’s Australia that’s why .....
And I have zero.... all my friends have zero .... so your point ?
You can disagree but you’re still factually wrong
Can I disagree when I’m typing this on a device (iPhone 11, actually) which doesn’t have USB-C?
It ships with lightning to usb c so it actually does have usb c while no usb a.Can I disagree when I’m typing this on a device (iPhone 11, actually) which doesn’t have USB-C?
Usb c is a female connector. More prone to failure than lightning for sure.
How do you work that out? The USB-C port on the iPads like my iPad Pro is fractionally larger but you really would be hard pressed to see the difference in day to day useage on a iPhone.USB C would look ugly on a iPhone so no Thankyou!
i would kill for usb-c. everything else i have is usb-c.
if Apple release an iPhone with USB-C, just buy a white cable. No lightening needed, it's as light as it can ever be.I like and want to keep the Lightening Cable