Whatever, never needed a cable to transfer stuff or charge that fast. Good thing I already have a decent USB C cable
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Apple May Sell Optional iPhone 15 Pro USB-C Thunderbolt Cable
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...which would be in breach of the EU directive, an invitation for a lawsuit in many jurisdictions (EU or not), get any adverts claiming that the phone had a USB-C port banned anywhere but the US and probably disqualify them from Thunderbolt certification.
think a report did so iphone could charge at 40-50w not sure if it's legit.
It's for charging to satisfy regulators. Period. It wasn't "castrated" or for greed as the A16 cpu/gpu USB port is limited to USB 2.0 speeds.
I recommend purchasing a Samsung/Sanyo/Motorola/etc phone so you can get blazing USB speeds and find happiness.
I'll continue to use WiFi 6/6E as it more than meets my transfer rate requirements.
What some people don't know, or intentionally fail to understand, is the A16 cpu/gpu USB port doesn't support fast USB-C speeds. And was never intended to do so.
I well remember the whinefest of epic proportions here when that happened. Words like "donglemania" and how can I possibly travel with my laptop and an extra adapter, or a cable that would cost a whopping $8, loading down my laptop bag.
It was like the sky was falling, and planet Earth instantaneously tilting an extra 20 degrees, as a result.
I’m late to the thread here, but I’m thinking this “leaked” image isn’t legit. You know what else has a 0.8m TB4 cable? The Studio Display. And they look exactly like what’s in the picture.
True this entire thread is based on the assumption that the iPhone 15 will even have USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt - but its all rumors at the moment and some rumors are indeed saying that the iPhone 15 Pro will have A17 and/or that it will have USB 3.2 - or even Thunderbolt so its really anybody's guess what the actual features will be.
One thing is for certain. When everything is known, there will be some number of people that used to find value in what Apple produces that no longer finds value in what Apple is producing and will be VERY upset that there are millions upon millions that do.
The EU’s regulations are likely why the top tech companies in the world aren’t based there.
No, when would you need to spend $120 just for a longer cable? Completely unnecessary
Too right. Before Tim took over I’d just walk into any Apple Store and get whatever product I wanted for FREE! Steve Jobs knew how to give away products in a way Tim Cook will never understand.
One cable can do “it all” as long as what “it all” is, is limited. Unfortunately for the EU (because they made the choice to require USB-C), “it all” for that standard port includes everything from electric toothbrush chargers with no data transfer required to devices that pull 240W+ and/or multiple Gbps.
Likely because it took them the better part of four years just to learn the last tech and they’ll be durned if they have-ta go an take ANOTHER 4 years learning the next!
“Look, Apple, I don’t have time to figure out this whole Flash drive thing… can’t you just include a floppy drive or at least a DVD drive in the next MacBook?”
“You could always use a cloud transfer ser…”
“WHAT’S A CLOUD TRANSFER? Is it a floppy disc? ‘Cuz if it ain’t, then it’s not what I WANT!”
Over the years of using iPhones, I've gotten tons of "accessory not supported" pop-ups. I've never had that happen to me on an iPad yet, and I've been using iPads since iPad 2.
The EU didn't invent USB-C and neither did they mandate it for data transfers.
Is it? Why would it be, considering even its immediate predecessor supports much higher speeds?
Apple's A15 does support up to 5Gbps.
Thanks for the suggestions man. Very reasonable. I‘ll go grab that Sanyo phone!
The first iPadPro from 2015 or so even had USB 3 speeds.
We just have to live with the fact that some people will defend anything Apple does and find the funniest excuses.
I guess I need to buy a mobile Wifi 6 router now for travelling if I want to transfer footage from my phone to the computer. Who needs a cable 😂😂
You’re presuming that’s built into the SoC. Could just be a separate chip, and room for that is limited on the iPhone.
It doesn’t need an “excuse” any more complicated than “Apple wants the Pro phones to offer higher-end features”.
iPad mini's logic board isn't big either. But it's a good point.
Even if it's a separate chip though, it would have to be connected to the SoC through some sort of interconnect and use a PCIe lane or something on the SoC - which again, one can ask how and why it was "intended" to have one exposed, if space comes so much at a premium.
Sound the tired old trope claxon..
No parallels there whatsoever. Apple has had to be forced by regulators to adopt the best i/o for their flagship device that is what has happened here.