To be fair - we don't know that for sure.You could just use whatever cable that supports faster data transfer speeds, you don’t have to get this specific cable.
There's still MFi scarecrow watching this whole scene.
To be fair - we don't know that for sure.You could just use whatever cable that supports faster data transfer speeds, you don’t have to get this specific cable.
Thunderbolt ≠ USB. They’re two separate protocols and have different requirements in the cable to function, but just the same connector, USB-C.
Having one cable rule them all was never a real possibility. There are 19 wires required for a full USB4 functionality. You think all manufacturers wanna put that much in there with the proper shielding and metals (and a separate chip for Thunderbolt) for safely transferring 40Gbps with room for zero error?
The solution to your problem to your problem is to buy the best, most recent, top of the line cable for all of your needs, aka one that supports Thunderbolt and USB4. But in that case you’re gonna be spending like ~$100 per cable, rather than the $5 you can find on Amazon.
That’s what’s happening here. Apple is not gonna bundle a Thunderbolt cable with an iPhone. They want to keep the margins they got when they removed the charger.
The other solution is for either Thunderbolt or USB4 to win the battle and reign supreme, which is a lot easier now than back in the day since they’re nearing feature parity now.
Not to mention Power Delivery is its own specification aside from USB-C and its cables.
When articles like this speculate that the non-pro iPhones will use USB-C with USB 2.0 data transfer speeds, that just means they don’t want or expect people to be sending data through a cable anymore at all. They want as few wires in the cable as possible to save money. I don’t even know why data transfer through from a phone cable is even still a part of anyone’s process anymore. WiFi/airdrop are all good and fast enough at this point.
Anyway, USB-C solving all our port issues is an illusion. You’re always gonna have to pay attention to what kind of cable you’re buying and what most recent standard it supports. Manufacturers be cheap. 40Gbps+ speeds (USB 3.0 and the first USB-C cables started out at 5Gbps, remember) require more and better quality materials.
Sorry to unload this all out on you, I actually really just needed to write this out for myself lol. It’s confusing stuff.
Just like how the $20 buffing cloth was just a standard buffing cloth.Wouldn’t it just be a standard thunderbolt cable?
Well, I don't care really if it changes at 100 or 120W, either. And the data transfer speed is totally irrelevant to me. I sometimes plug MIDI Devices (a MIDI interface) into the iPad (but those are already USB-C), but can't even remember when I last used the port on the iPhone for data transfer....I don't even remember when I last plugged my phone in to charge, never mind sync data over a wire... This will not affect me in the slightest
"Incited" lol!Blaming everyone for the mess except the corporation who actually incited the E.U. to create the new regulations, which is also the corporation that creates the mess and gets to profit greatly from it.
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And you won't need any other cable but an usbC for charging.Surely the WHOLE POINT of implementing USB-C is to NOT need proprietry cables any more? Why can't we use a high quality third party USB-C cable to transfer data at reasonable speeds? I imagine the EU, who pushed for USB-C in the first place, will see this as yet more gatekeeping
I use cables all the time. Airdrop works like ass and so I transfer and backup all my photos/videos per cable to my MBP and backup on an external drive. I also sync music library on my phone and music/video libraries of my two kids iPads via cable. Wireless is slow and unrealiable. Unfortunately USB/Lightning is also slow, but still faster and stable. And no I don't want every photo i take going up into the (payed for) iCloud. I prefer my own storage.How often do people connect their iPhones to their computer to transfer video or photos to make this a big deal though? Most professionals are likely using mirror less expensive Nikon cameras for any commercial grade work anyway.
I understand Apples ambition for wanting this to be a device many prosumers will consider. As they have added cinematic feature over the years to show off the capabilities but let’s admit how many of us are really even using it? In most cases any videos we record are edited using iMovie or Clips then uploaded YouTube or synced through iCloud.
If you are already spending 1,499 on an iPhone Pro Max, you are likely spending money on iCloud storage which syncs it back to your Mac or PC or OneDrive.
It won’t. There will be and are other 3rd party cables that work. Why would Apple change from what they are doing with their other USB C devices?Hence why I said "high quality." If only the official Apple cable supports the highest transfer/charge speeds, that is a proprietry accessory.
Why still on the rumor forum? Also, what about the ecosystem don’t you like?Damn, glad I am out of this Apple Ecosystem mess..
EU USB-C reg only addresses charging, and then only requiring USB-C compliant charging if in the spec at that speed.Surely the WHOLE POINT of implementing USB-C is to NOT need proprietry cables any more? Why can't we use a high quality third party USB-C cable to transfer data at reasonable speeds? I imagine the EU, who pushed for USB-C in the first place, will see this as yet more gatekeeping
Well, the market is already beyond mature and doesn’t offer a lot of specs for Apple to upgrade from one year to the next.iPhone 15 will have 480 Mbps, iPhone 16 will have 5 Gbps, iPhone 17 will have 10 Gbps, iPhone 18 will have 20 Gbps, iPhone 19 will have 40 Gbps. Five good reasons to upgrade.
Wouldnt say dumb.....Greed yesStandardising ports and cables is not dumb, my phone is the only reason I still need to carry a Lightning cable, everything else already uses USB-C.
However, restricting USB-C to USB 2.0 speeds unless you buy a $130 cable, is the very definition of dumb (and greed.)
Are blue gloves the new long fingernails when it comes to determining the authenticity of rumor photos?