Ok forget greed. They’re still scumbags.
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Apple Considered iPhone 15 With Lightning Port Before Swapping to USB-C
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My reaction if iPhone 15 Pro Max comes with a lightning port.
You realize no one cares what you do right?
I still have devices on 5 different USB port standards that I use regularly. My Apple device ecosystem is hardly contributing to my cable woes.
Maybe it's just me, but I strongly prefer the design of the lightning cable versus usb c, strictly the connector.
Seems like the female port for the male usb c cable could be prone to snapping...30pin connector woes coming back 🙄
Seems like the female port for the male usb c cable could be prone to snapping...30pin connector woes coming back 🙄
USB-Chinesium is kinda crappy tbh…real shame, that.
Such a sad day for Apple, kowtowing to EU government tyranny. What's next?
I use a stationary wireless charger for iPhone and AirPods Pro at home, but I bring charging cables and bricks with me when I go most places. My AirPods Pro don’t support MagSafe (gen 1), and even if I had a mobile MagSafe charger, that’d only complicate my charging cable lineup more since it’d just add another cable I need to bring rather than consolidate them.
Honestly, i'd respect any company more if they just gave up with the spin and told the story like it was.
Stop green washing and eco guilting people to disguise the simple fact that the only green they actually care about is money.
They CAN'T be as durable! Thats why lighting is a MUCH better port for a portable device. A ten buck cable failure or a 500 dollar port replacement. The choice is yours!
Probably because the greedy CEO Tim Cook wanted to keep on milking that MFi money. Had it not been for the EU forcing Apple to adopt USB-C, Cook would've continued Lightning indefinitely, leaving users stuck with USB 2.0 wired data transfer rates. That's precisely what he did with the iPhone 14:
Will iPhone 14 be USB 2.0? Probably, since Cook is mediocre.
Apple computers have had USB 3.0 since mid-2012. That is 10 years ago. Despite that, Tim Cook, being the mediocre beancounter MBA suit that he is, has still not done anything to upgrade the connectivity on the latest iPhones. The latest iPhones use the same USB 2.0 connectivity that shipped with...
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Wow are you a miserable person. Judging by your comment history you must be a blast at parties.
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Then add a USB-C (F) to USB-C (F) to plug in the USB-C Apple Watch Cable
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DARN. JUST SWITCH. stop milking your customers for expensive, slow, non standard connection.
Good. It’s time to move to USB-C. So many lighting cables I need to get rid of.
Lightning is the most robust and easy to use connector I have ever had and used in my life.
And I go way back. My first connectors were 8 pin, to all vacuum tube apparatus. No BS. Then transistors came along and barrel connectors came with them. Barrel connectors: They're OK, second best of all time IMO. SCSI sucked, being massive, and severely distance limited and $$$$$! Headphone jacks were fine, scratchy sometimes but mostly work. RCAs are still around, good and cheap. Screw on connectors like for cable TV and antennas eventually always strip, usually do to slight out of spec thread cutting by the manufacturer. Serial sucked, constant connection issues due to line noise. Early Apple had some other weird ports I don't remember and never used. The IBMPC keyboard and VGA connectors sucked.
miniUSB I thought was Ultimate Hell until microUSB came along and explained to me true torture. Then Lightning, by the grace of God, graced my world. Greatest connector ever designed. The cables die, buthe port never does. It's unbelievable how robust the lightning port is!
USB-C connector is S H I T!!!!! I hate it. It's not as bad as microUSB, but what the hell kind of a low bar is that to beat?!?!? They are a BAD DESIGN. They will INEVITABLY break, and then generally the device is done. Worthless unless you're great and disassembly of glued parts and microsoldering.
Sigh. I give up. Whatever. I suffered with microUSB for years, I guess I'll be used to the pain again.
And I go way back. My first connectors were 8 pin, to all vacuum tube apparatus. No BS. Then transistors came along and barrel connectors came with them. Barrel connectors: They're OK, second best of all time IMO. SCSI sucked, being massive, and severely distance limited and $$$$$! Headphone jacks were fine, scratchy sometimes but mostly work. RCAs are still around, good and cheap. Screw on connectors like for cable TV and antennas eventually always strip, usually do to slight out of spec thread cutting by the manufacturer. Serial sucked, constant connection issues due to line noise. Early Apple had some other weird ports I don't remember and never used. The IBMPC keyboard and VGA connectors sucked.
miniUSB I thought was Ultimate Hell until microUSB came along and explained to me true torture. Then Lightning, by the grace of God, graced my world. Greatest connector ever designed. The cables die, buthe port never does. It's unbelievable how robust the lightning port is!
USB-C connector is S H I T!!!!! I hate it. It's not as bad as microUSB, but what the hell kind of a low bar is that to beat?!?!? They are a BAD DESIGN. They will INEVITABLY break, and then generally the device is done. Worthless unless you're great and disassembly of glued parts and microsoldering.
Sigh. I give up. Whatever. I suffered with microUSB for years, I guess I'll be used to the pain again.
Apple is so Arrogant, they will for sure tout environmental savings/benefits by going to USB-C and I bet wont even ship with a cable, you know, you can use the one you already have...
This is the issue. I doubt it can be done.
Apple also has the option to include both ports same way as some gaming Android phones have two Type-C ports. And yes there is enough room inside as when Apple removed the SIM tray from the US version of the iPhone 14 line they replaced it with a simple plastic box.