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Apple May Sell Optional iPhone 15 Pro USB-C Thunderbolt Cable
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By whom exactly?
As far as I’m aware, there isn’t a single android phone with thunderbolt.
I'm so sick of hearing people complain about having to carry around a second cable. Talk about a first world problem. Yes, it'll be nice to have one cable to rule them all, but people now are talking like they need to report Apple to the UN for torturing people by putting them through the hell of carry a second, small, cable.
Also, we don't even know if this RUMOR is true, and if it is, how much of it. Maybe they'll include it with the phone, and if they do sell it separately, we don't know the price. Some other poster makes reference to $130 as a joke, and all of a sudden that's the set price, and everyone starts talking about it as if it's a proven fact. We also don't even KNOW if the USB-C port is going to in fact be limited to USB 2.0 speeds. Lets wait and see what apple actually puts in the phones, includes in the box, and charges for accessories.
Of course they aren't going to include a Thunderbolt 4 cable. They don't even include one with the MacBook Pros!
I totally welcome USB-C all over for devices.
But we won’t get rid of the old lightning contact just yet - it's still all good for keyboards, trackpads and such.
So we will still have use for some old lightening cables.
Me neither - cords are cords, and there are boxes of them here. Some old crap from Apple, and better from elsewhere.
The cords is one big revenue for making money for Apple.
The mostly include no cords or **** cords, and buying good cords at Apple is robbery.
But we won’t get rid of the old lightning contact just yet - it's still all good for keyboards, trackpads and such.
So we will still have use for some old lightening cables.
Me neither - cords are cords, and there are boxes of them here. Some old crap from Apple, and better from elsewhere.
The cords is one big revenue for making money for Apple.
The mostly include no cords or **** cords, and buying good cords at Apple is robbery.
Who uses a cable? Just make the damn thing portless.
95% of smartphone users probably don't even know what the speed of their usb cables are, or what the difference even means. The remainder who do care, will simply get one that meets their needs (assuming they don't already own multiples).
It's a nothing burger.
USB3 on the standard, Thunderbolt on the Pro? Would be nice. Seems unlikely, but I would be pleasantly surprised.
Please no. There is still no proper replacement for a real wired connection.
This is one area I think a distinction between the Pro and the standard could be made. People really using their phone for work (“Pros” if you will) still have uses for a fast port.
They keep putting out “Shot on iPhone” ads and talking about 4K movies. Pros have Thunderbolt docks.
At the very least people will notice a difference with the USB3 speed even with non-Thunderbolt when backups go faster, gigabit Ethernet adapters get full speed, etc.
Currently, there is precedent in the iPad 10 sporting a usb 2.0 port, so I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone 15 sports a similar port, if for the simple reason that their user base likely doesn't really plug in their phone for anything aside from charging.
I do agree that the pro models should at least come with usb 3.1 for the faster transfer rates for the Prores / Proraw files that Apple hypes up so much. Though at this point, I can't really say for sure which direction Apple will swing, and with a month left to the iPhone reveal, I guess we will just have to wait and see.
This new one should be more like $69 or $79, since it's only 0.8m.
I would love to be able to use my iPhone to manage photos / videos, but the slow transfer speeds have always made it tough. If the iPhone 15 gets Thunderbolt, then I'm probably going to buy the iPhone with the most storage possible for the first time.
and a turdle will pop out of a cake at your next birthday party. Apple will tell you why it's sticks with standard USB speeds for the next decade and you will like it.
If they do give increased speeds they won't change for a long time.
wifi and airdrop are not good for large files. I know, I deal with it everyday. Anything over a GB takes a while. Unless you have 5GUW or wifi7 and a GB internet connection air drop isn't worth using on anything more than a basic document or a few pictures. That's why the design team and photography department at Realtree dropped Iphones and mac's in 2021.
For 18 years every product was Apple.
Now not a single in house user uses an apple product for any internal process. Because their andorids and USB 3 made the world of difference.
Yup, I have a small pile of TB cables around, they work for everything, if you want one cable to rule them all you need to go for the highest specced cables right now. Downside is they’re more expensive
The EU created this mess. There isn't a government official on the face of this planet that can design a lead pencil let alone a consumer electronic device. Is Apple perfect? No. But I'll buy whatever service/product they are selling any day over what the EU is offering.
And yet far behind the EU that created this mess.
The EU is incapable of cleaning any mess. See my comment above.
Geeze, the EU suing an American corporation? Who would have thunk it?
The way some of you are reacting to pure speculation is unreal. No one knows for sure what Apple is doing, (most of the time even Apple doesn't know what Apple is doing) so can we just wait a month until it is announced?
And thus charging them for capacity they don’t use makes no sense, so to control costs you ship a cheaper cable since it will meet most users needs. An alternative is to only ship the more expensive cable with the higher storage models, such as 1TB, since those users may benefit from and use the feature.
Nothing prevents Apple from creating their own proprietary spec if they want.
Over what? Data is not part of the regulation and even the regulation allows for proprietary charging protocols.
It is because dumb people who are not technology-literate think "USB-C" means just ONE THING — the size and shape of the plug. People who ACTUALLY know about technology know that "USB-C" can mean many things and can manifest itself in many different ways with many different speeds and features. A Ferrari and a Ford Focus both have four wheels — that doesn't mean they are the same.
They’re charging $100-$200 more for the Pro phones but can’t throw in a cable capable of utilizing the new high-speed data transfer? What?
I have a few of these. Definitely the best cable out there. I have had drive or dock disconnects when using supplied cables. OWC ones have been the worst.