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Other When does IPhones switch to USB-C?
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It provides Apple with royalties. And buying USB-C cables currently is really hit and miss. Not all companies adhere to the proper implementation guidelines, which is REALLY annoying.
I really hope they will do so. Proprietary connectors are so annoying. Go EC!
It may come as a pleasent surprise for you, but your Lightning cables, accessories and Lightning equipped iOS units will not spontaneously burst into flame when Apple announced USB-C iPhones!
Of course not. No one is forcing Apple to sell their products in the EU. If they want to though, they have to follow regulations. Nothing strange about that.
That's because they are pro-consumer.. Which, you know, all the people living there are.
You should tell that to the USB-C iPad, which is thinner than the iPhone.
Love charging my switch with my MacBook Pro charger. I’m all for the one cable revolution
This is an example of Apple doing what is best for Apple, not for their customers. USB-C is much better than Lightning. It's way faster, and universally accepted.
Apple has a long track record of using proprietary stuff, to force us to buy their expensive versions of what everyone else is using. They do the same where they hold back features, or slow down your phone with updates, in order to entice/force you to upgrade to a new device to get those features or restore your performance.
The lightning cable and refusal to adopt global industry standards, that happen to be better than theirs, is simple one example of this...
Apple has a long track record of using proprietary stuff, to force us to buy their expensive versions of what everyone else is using. They do the same where they hold back features, or slow down your phone with updates, in order to entice/force you to upgrade to a new device to get those features or restore your performance.
The lightning cable and refusal to adopt global industry standards, that happen to be better than theirs, is simple one example of this...
Which hopefully won’t be that much longer, the EU has lost patience in this now.
I think Apple will jump before they are pushed.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-8-2018-002595-ASW_EN.html?redirect
Tomorrow.
You heard it here first, when you wake up tomorrow your iPhone’s lightning port will be replaced with USB-C.
You heard it here first, when you wake up tomorrow your iPhone’s lightning port will be replaced with USB-C.
Listen to john grubers latest podcast. He says never and I tend to agree. He states his reasons
Lighting 2 with backwards compatibility is probably likely tho
Lighting 2 with backwards compatibility is probably likely tho
I doubt Apple would "waste" money by re-iterating lightning. My guess is once the whole iPhone lineup supports wireless charging (1 more year for the 7 lineup to be gone), they then will just remove the lightning port altogether.
Both of those are entirely hardware dependent though. iPad Pro's have USB 3 controllers (and 16 pins) to allow those transfers through a specially reworked adapter that even still doesn't allow device to computer USB 3 transfers. The chargers have PD controllers to allow it as well, which requires USB-C mains to enable the circuitry which on the Lightning end is just power leads at that point for the charging system to draw from. Lightning is merely being retrofitted to provide modern USB 3 and USB-C capability but it's all done on either end of the port/cable. I have firm belief Apple will drop the aged middle-man and go directly to USB-C universally next year otherwise Apple would have to rework the lightning pins in phones to allow the function of better throughput but I feel like that would be quite a waste of effort when it would be much easier and efficient to copy and paste USB-C.
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Now that would be bold!!! However, not unprecedented. As we've seen, they removed the headphone jack.
Never?
How does he (and you) suggest they will get around the EU regulation that is coming?
Probably the same way they got around it the last time a mandate like this came down. They just included the micro-usb to Lighting adapter in the box.
Hopefully, the new regulation forbids such a move this time around.
Lol Apple was a signatory for the 2014 common charger, because they were always and still are shipping a common charger.
https://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/221694178.jpg
IPad pro can be charged at 29W with Lighting.
IPad Pro and iPhoneX can transfer data as USB3 rate using Lightning.
Unsure of video capability, but if it can do USB3 speed, no reason video cant be sent.
IMO Its more likely Apple has the “courage” to do away with all cables, and go strictly wireless charging.
The third iteration is a taking away.
6... 6s... and on 6ss (I mean 7) they did away with audio.
X... Xs... and on Xss have a debate st the office whether they end 3dTouch or charge port. I suspect both.
The third iteration is a taking away.
6... 6s... and on 6ss (I mean 7) they did away with audio.
X... Xs... and on Xss have a debate st the office whether they end 3dTouch or charge port. I suspect both.
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I would like more consistency between devices. With the new, 11", IPP, I initially tried to use the Apple provided accessories to charge. More than once (...many more times) I have had difficulty getting the USB-C end into and out of the IPP. Needing to work the connector in or out seems like it will loosen up the connection internally. So I ordered a third party cord and it didn't work.....no data transfer or recognition of the new iPadPro, with my older MacBookPro (2013). So I tried another one without success. On the third attempt, I purchased a Belkin A to C cord; shut down the IPP; signed out of iTunes; shut down the MBP; and restarted the whole mess together. It's a little slow but I can now charge and sync the new iPP with the MBP.
Bottom line.......It's annoying to have to change connectors; to have to purchase connectors that don't meet the standard; and to be short a USB port now since I need to use a different cord for the iPhone XS (lightening) and the IPP. I do have cordless chargers in two other places, but sometimes need to charge the phone while working. I can easily need to charge my IPP 2x per day when working.
Ideal situation would be to lose the cords to charge all devices. But then.....how could you charge while traveling without taking stands or mats with you and that would be awkward in airports, etc. Maybe the best option is what we have on the phone....the option to wirelessly charge or use a cord. I imagine we will see Apple give us wireless charging for the iPad before we see a USB-C on the phone, but eventually match up the cords to the two devices.
Bottom line.......It's annoying to have to change connectors; to have to purchase connectors that don't meet the standard; and to be short a USB port now since I need to use a different cord for the iPhone XS (lightening) and the IPP. I do have cordless chargers in two other places, but sometimes need to charge the phone while working. I can easily need to charge my IPP 2x per day when working.
Ideal situation would be to lose the cords to charge all devices. But then.....how could you charge while traveling without taking stands or mats with you and that would be awkward in airports, etc. Maybe the best option is what we have on the phone....the option to wirelessly charge or use a cord. I imagine we will see Apple give us wireless charging for the iPad before we see a USB-C on the phone, but eventually match up the cords to the two devices.
not really a point other than the port itself. apple aint going to open it up do anything really functional. just like the iPad
I think Apple got round that because (I think) the directive said that phones must be micro usb compatible.
Apple offer a Micro usb adaptor, so that ticks that particular box.
[doublepost=1543483131][/doublepost]If next years iPhone is USB C, would a Lightning to USB C adaptor (for those with lots of Lightning cables) be an option?
I rarely plug a cable in to my XS Max as I charge it wirelessly overnight and the battery is superb and easily gets me through the day.
I do cable it sometimes in the car when using Waze, as that hammers the battery.
Other than that, I’m not sure if I personally care what type of connection my iPhone has-at most I’ll need 1 x new cable, maybe just an adaptor if they go the USB C route.
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This is incorrect. Only the most recent two generations of iPad Pro's can do USB 3 as they have 16 pins in the Lightning port on the device that is mated to a USB 3 controller. There is no other device made by Apple that has those two key items, they are still limited to USB 2.
