Shoot 2h video and wait forever to Airdrop it to Mac. Very much iPhone Pro. I agree with the rant. They will be doing USB-C 3.1 6-7 years too late. Tim Cook is easy to blame, he is CEO, after all.
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Other Will iPhone 14 be USB 2.0? Probably, since Cook is mediocre.
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Once I waited a day for some big 4k30fps (not ProRes) videos to upload to iCloud before AirDropping them. To this day, they haven’t. Under 500Mb/s WiFi. iPhone isn’t under any battery saver mode, I have 1TB out of 2TB free on iCloud. No problem with smaller, shorter videos. iCloud is unreliable, drives me crazy.
i agree with you here...now we have hardware codec and large 4k, soon 8k files and Apple want to transfer those files in usb 2 speeds?!
Here its really embarrassing
Time is moving faster than new technology. Nothing earth shattering in the 14. still Getting one anyway.
The first Apple products with USB 2.0 (updated aluminum PowerBook G4, new PowerMac G5, and the 3rd generation iPod) were released in 2003. That was 19 years ago. Yet Tim Cook obviously has no shame in releasing USB 2.0 products in 2022.
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If you are the greatest ceo from a shareholder perspective you are the greatest ceo from a customer perspective. Can’t have one without the other for profit oriented corporations that produce consumer oriented goods.
People don’t care about Cook cutting corners. Apple produces products that a large part of general population can use. If the large part of the general population cared about usb c the iphone 14 wouldn’t sell, which as we know now is selling.
That's cause the entire thing about the iPhone now is to push you into using wireless service offerings instead of using a wire.
My guess is that soon, we'll have a portliest iPhone at the rate the MagSafe charging capacity is.
Tim Cook is chilling. I’m chilling too. I don’t plug in my iPhones. As a matter eliminate the ports Cook. I believe before we go port-less we will see usb C.
Although I don't like Samsung's phones (mainly because I don't like Android), one noteworthy thing that Samsung did right was releasing the world's first USB 3.0 phone, the Note 3, in 2013. That was nine years ago. And Apple still uses the same USB 2.0 connectivity today on their 2022 flagship phones. Tim Cook is clearly not a product person.
Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that 2023's non-Pro iPhone 15 will also be USB 2.0:
It will not be surprising if the non-Pro iPhone 15 has USB-C but is still limited to USB 2.0 because that is the exact same scenario as the newest iPad that was released in October 2022:
New 10th-Generation iPad Has Slower USB-C Port Compared to Other Models
Apple's new 10th-generation iPad is equipped with a slower USB-C port compared to the latest iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad mini models. As noted...
www.macrumors.com
At this point, USB 3 is too little too late. The first USB 3 phone was released in 2013, which is 10 years ago.
The upcoming iPhone should be at least Thunderbolt 3, if not Thunderbolt 4. Apple has included Thunderbolt on Macs since 2011, which is 12 years years ago. And yet no iPhones have any Thunderbolt connectivity. 12 years. If that doesn’t show people how mediocre and stingy Tim Cook is, I don’t know what does.
I wonder what all the apologists for Tim Cook on this forum have to say about the following:
Since Apple has included Thunderbolt on Macs since February 2011, Apple should have included Thunderbolt on iPhones since the iPhone 4S which was released in October 2011. Since the iPhone 4S was an S version, perhaps the argument can be made that Apple should have released an iPhone with Thunderbolt in 2012 instead since it was a year for a redesign. Well, Apple did release a redesign (iPhone 5) with a new connector (Lightning), but it was still USB 2.0, which Apple introduced on Macs in 2003.
Let that sink in: In 2012, including USB 2.0 was already outdated as it was released in Macs 9 years prior, in 2003. Yet here we are, 20 years later in 2023, and all of the latest iPhone 14 line still has USB 2.0.
Since Apple has included Thunderbolt on Macs since February 2011, Apple should have included Thunderbolt on iPhones since the iPhone 4S which was released in October 2011. Since the iPhone 4S was an S version, perhaps the argument can be made that Apple should have released an iPhone with Thunderbolt in 2012 instead since it was a year for a redesign. Well, Apple did release a redesign (iPhone 5) with a new connector (Lightning), but it was still USB 2.0, which Apple introduced on Macs in 2003.
Let that sink in: In 2012, including USB 2.0 was already outdated as it was released in Macs 9 years prior, in 2003. Yet here we are, 20 years later in 2023, and all of the latest iPhone 14 line still has USB 2.0.
Those Macs shipped in June 2012, only 8 months after he passed, and only about 9 1/2 months after he resigned.
The iPhone 5 shipped only three months later with the brand new lightning port for the time, and it was USB 2.0
Jobs was definitely alive for the majority of those products development, and Apple had been rumored to be working on a smaller charging port for about two years.
So… yeah, I can imagine Steve Jobs doing exactly that.
The latest rumor is that Ming-Chi Kuo expects the non-Pro iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus to have a USB-C connector but still be limited to USB 2.0 speeds. (Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/05/17/iphone-15-usb-c-rumor-recap )
Can Tim Cook possibly be any more mediocre, and can he possibly as blatantly rip off his customers?
Can Tim Cook possibly be any more mediocre, and can he possibly as blatantly rip off his customers?
I think the main issue is that Apple is pushing toward a portless future for phones/tablets. Wi-Fi speeds can be faster than USB 2 already, and since many people just backup to the cloud, there is less of a need to backup directly to a computer.
What is the point of Apple using RAW image files and 4K video files as selling points for their iPhones if such large files are going to be transferred with slow wireless speeds on a portless device? Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 are far faster than Airdrop and Wi-Fi.
Did he mention hate? He's rightfully frustrated and why not pick the leader to be frustrated with? I'm with the OP on this one.
It's confirmed: iPhone 15 is USB 2.0!
A phone costing up to $1199, released in 2023, contains the exact same painfully slow wired transfer speeds as the very first iPhone, released in 2007.
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Bravo, Tim Cook! You are truly a man who understands innovation. You really respect your customers.
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A phone costing up to $1199, released in 2023, contains the exact same painfully slow wired transfer speeds as the very first iPhone, released in 2007.
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Bravo, Tim Cook! You are truly a man who understands innovation. You really respect your customers.
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