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Rumor Recap: What to Expect From the iPhone 15's USB-C Port
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Not to give any praise to Apple if rumors are corrrect....but USB-C is already this way lol. You need "special" USB-C cables to get certain speeds Power capabilities. The icing on top is majority of companies don't label what the capabilities are. The USB-C cable that came with your one accessory you bought may "work" with your other device, but may not be able to handle quick charging on your other device or may not be thunderbolt capable, oh but what thunderbolt do you have? so yes 1 cable to rule them all, but until there is something that requires labeling them it is going to be (already is) worse than HDMI
I like how everyone’s talking as if this is just an apple problem.
Several of the biggest android phones from last year were still limited to 2.0 speeds, this is not an Apple problem.
It's 2024 and USB-C is even more of a mess
USB-C phones and devices are billed as the one-stop solution for all our future cable needs, but feature compatibility is a major problem.
www.androidauthority.com
There are several android devices… That are limited to low charging speeds and 2.0 data transfer.
Not to say that Apple launching phones with 2.0 speeds in 2023 is a good thing, it very much is not.
But to pretend its limited to Apple, it’s only because of Apple‘s greed, and it’s going to affect that many people is ridiculous.
Sure, is it a tactic to get Apple customers to use their cables and to pay more for their phones? Of course.
But to pretend like that’s the only reason that MFI exists is just absurd.
At the end of the day, the people who really want faster speeds are going to be purchasing apples cables, and they’re going to have the pro phones. Everyone else won’t care, will probably just use the included cable and won’t ever know the difference between 2.0 and 3.0 and all the different generations of 3.1 and 3.2 and thunderbolt.
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Tell that to all of us with Macs, iPads, AppleTV, etc with USB-C. We are shaking in our "unproven" boots now.
Some of us have been using that "unproven and unsafe" port in Apple products for what- maybe 8 years now? At least I hope those people survived the Apple switch to USB-C way back then.
Has anyone besides me survived using USB-C in Apple products? Perhaps I've just been supremely lucky? I've also had no jiggly. I've had no lint. I've had no expensive repairs. Etc.
And once again, in all these threads where we see USB-C as such a big mistake, I still await someone to write down how wrong Apple is for embracing it instead of Lightning in all of the other major Apple products. I do not get how it can both be perfectly fine where Apple is using it already and a terrible mistake where they are not yet using it... especially when we know from Apple themselves that they will soon be adopting it there too.
Personally, I welcome USB-C in all Apple things, hopefully with no artificial limitations. One cable to rule them all. AT LAST!
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I don’t care if my 12 mini or whatever future phone charges slow. I do like the ipad pro dongle I use to transfer files with a sd/micro card. Otherwise, I don’t care if low end ($700 🙄) phones stay on lightning. I charge at night and don’t use my cell much.
I don’t think apple will be allow to cripple the speeds as the EU wrote Apple a letter. See, EU Warns Apple About Limiting Speeds of Uncertified USB-C Cables for iPhonesSounds like intentional crippling so we’ll be motivated to buy the Pro models.
Ive read that the EU could prevent the sale of iPhone 15 if they cripple the standard and personally I HOPE THEY DO ! Apple are deeply anti us in many ways and while the EU can be a monstrous **** show sometimes, this stuff is where they somewhat shine.
I wonder if an updated MagSafe battery with usb-c would allow charging another device via the usb-c port. Like, if my watch battery is getting low and I wanted to plug my watch cable into the battery to top it off. Kind of niche but I’m curious.
Forgive my ignorance, but why will iPhones be stuck on USB 2 while iPad Pros get USB 3.2/Thunderbolt 3? Is it just technical reasons, or is it just a way for Apple to differentiate Pro/iPad versus non-Pro/iPhone? If the latter, just seems like a douchey move. Plus, I would expect that having everything on the same version might help with economies of scale? I don't know much about that, so I'm kind of talking out of my ass at the moment.
Lightning could always go faster and does in some scenarios. The limiation was never Lightning it was being cheap on the controller in the device itself.
I'm happy with my 13 mini and skipping the 15, 16 etc. till Apple show me some new features which are worth to be paid. I'm no addicted apple nerd and i have time.
It was a mistake to have any Mac accessory charge with Lightning from the start.
Thanks for the straw man. I don't care what other people are doing.I like how everyone’s talking as if this is just an apple problem.
Several of the biggest android phones from last year were still limited to 2.0 speeds, this is not an Apple problem.
This article from android Authority also easily shows that it very much is not an Apple problem, it’s a USB-C adoption problem from all companies on all sides.It's 2024 and USB-C is even more of a mess
USB-C phones and devices are billed as the one-stop solution for all our future cable needs, but feature compatibility is a major problem.www.androidauthority.com
There are several android devices… That are limited to low charging speeds and 2.0 data transfer.
Not to say that Apple launching phones with 2.0 speeds in 2023 is a good thing, it very much is not.
But to pretend its limited to Apple, it’s only because of Apple‘s greed, and it’s going to affect that many people is ridiculous.
Sure, is it a tactic to get Apple customers to use their cables and to pay more for their phones? Of course.
But to pretend like that’s the only reason that MFI exists is just absurd.
At the end of the day, the people who really want faster speeds are going to be purchasing apples cables, and they’re going to have the pro phones. Everyone else won’t care, will probably just use the included cable and won’t ever know the difference between 2.0 and 3.0 and all the different generations of 3.1 and 3.2 and thunderbolt.
The EU has already warned Apple that this won’t fly: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/04/eu-warns-apple-about-limiting-usb-c-iphone-cables/
That's not related to this. The rumor is Apple will throttle the speed of their own cables on the lower end iPhone models.
Nah, the point of moving to USB-C is to placate the EU. There might be other benefits to it, but that's reason number one why Apple is doing it.
With regards to speed, who plugs in their iPhone except to charge? Maybe I'm the odd ball, but I can't remember the last time I transferred data over a wire to or from my iPhone.
In replacing iPhones with broken ports, perhaps. Time will tell. Speed issues aside, the female Lightning port is not as fragile.
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It’s a RUMOR, not a fact. The EU has already sent a letter to Apple warning them not to do it.
RUMOR, RUMOR, RUMOR. Did I mention it’s a RUMOR! Probably started by some bozo to intentionally stir the pot.
How about we wait for the actual release before jumping to conclusions based on rumor.
My comment was with respect to “Uncertified cables will allegedly have limited charging and data transfer speeds” in the present MacRumors article.