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submitted 1 year ago by aranym@lemmy.name to c/technology@beehaw.org

We’ve known that the iPhone is switching to USB-C for a while now, but there was always a possibility that Apple would stick with Lightning for one more year. Based on the latest leaked images, however, Apple is all-in on USB-C for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro models, with USB-C parts for the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, and iPhone 15 Pro Max all shown in a leaked image by X user fix Apple.

With the switch to USB-C, nearly all of Apple’s devices will have adopted the new standard, with only AirPods, Mac accessories, and the iPhone SE remaining aside from older iPhones and the 9th-gen iPad.

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[-] Plume@beehaw.org 30 points 1 year ago

I wonder how they're going to announce it at their keynote. Because Apple was strong armed into doing this they didn't want to. At all. They kicked and screamed the whole way but they did comply.

So. Will they present it as an evolution like they almost invented the thing? Will they be passive aggressive about it? Or will they just say nothing about it.

I'm also expecting Apple to basically use the worst USB-C standard possible, which, just like Lightning, will basically be USB 2 in terms of speeds and so on. At least on the non-pro models. :/

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

Apple actually pioneered and pushed USB-C use with their Macbooks which had only USB-C ports. Pretty sure they kept lightning out of pure greed.

[-] upstream@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Yup, and as far as I can tell they still require custom chips for “made for iPhone” approval.

The lighting port has one good thing though, it’s robust and easy to clean. I’ve cleaned my fair share of dirty charging ports on phones and USB-C is a bitch to clean sometimes. Really depends on what you have at hand.

Also funny to hear when people replace their phones because the USB port was dirty (cable doesn’t stick and the “phone just doesn’t charge anymore”. A toothpick and a blast of compressed air later and the phone is as good as new.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yes USB is annoying to clean. We were on a trip and had nothing at hand except a piece of a plastic zip tie lying on the ground which worked wonders. It took a while though.

[-] Plume@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

That Macbook was too ahead of its time... 12 inches was such a good size. It was so thin, too. Wish they'd make a MacBook SE or some sort and bring it back with an M1 or M2 chip in it.

[-] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

The big MacBook Pro was shit. Almost switched to other brand after it.

[-] BarryZuckerkorn@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

You're 100% right.

The 12" MacBook had a great form factor right at the time that Intel CPUs really started to struggle with performance at lower power consumption, so the design turned into a huge weakness for thermal management. If they had similar performance per watt as the base M1 later showed off, that device would've been perfect for an ultraportable laptop, the spiritual successor to the discontinued 11" MacBook Air.

[-] Aurailious@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I thought I read there was an agreement with accessory manufacturers about keeping the same port for 10 years. Because they didn't want to run into previous issue of the iPod pin port being discontinued quickly.

[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

They will probably introduce some dock to monitor mode that is super limited in functionality and talk about how they just couldn't get it working right with lightning or something.

[-] Plume@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly, some kind of dock that would turn iOS into iPadOS on a display sounds kinda neat.

[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Why not just full blown MacOS?

[-] Plume@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's Apple we're talking about, I'm being realistic. Plus, that would require two OSes on the device. iPadOS is not really another OS, just iOS for larger devices.

[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Samsung is doing it with Dex. I don’t think MacOS and iOS are that different anymore. I’m not saying there isn’t work to do, but it’s far from being outside of Apples ability.

[-] sim642@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Maybe they won't even announce it.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

I think they're going to hint at it for a few seconds and very quickly move on. I wonder how it's going to affect MFI products though

[-] irasponsible@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

They wanted to software-limit non-MFI usb cables, not sure if the EU will stop them in time.

[-] mici01@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

They already stopped them ... the EU law that mandetes the USB-C conenctor also mandates support of USB-PD if the device supports fast charging.

[-] natanael@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

But that still won't affect 3rd party accessories other than just chargers.

[-] probably@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Iirc the EU said it was expected to have feature parity between apple and non apple cables.

Also, if they did that, it would be a characteristic that makes iphones look worse than android. Just imagine being an iphone owner needing a charger and your friend hands you their fast charging android one only for it to be slow as piss for you right after they spent 10 minutes getting 40% charge.

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