Apple's Rumored 18W USB-C iPhone Power Adapter Prototype Shown Off in New Photos

[crsh1976]

You know you're scraping the bottom of the barrel when you are excited about a charger.

Apple, this is what we're down to since you won't release anything new..

 

[Ruggy]

Europe has been on DC for decades, unless I am missing something.
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Europe isn't on DC. 220/240v or 200/220v AC here everywhere I know.

 

[BruceEBonus]

Samsung still has a headphone jack and a USB-C port while having a better water resistant rating than the iPhone. I’d take that over this.

Ha ha. I agree. I was being flippant (as usual). If that’s the best Apple can boast being one the richest companies in the world then perhaps their marketing company is performing a helluva lot better than their R&D department because people are still happily paying more cash for less tech.

 

[44267547]

Sure, wired is better if speed and/or using your phone while charging is important. But I really think in 5 years cabled charging will be close to gone. We are in the infancy of iphone wireless charging.

To be clear, wireless charging isn’t new at all, it is for the iPhone in the sense of the iPhone 8/X offering it for the first time last year, and now the Airpower debuting soon. I do see wireless charging being convenient as I mentioned before as the iPhone progresses. The other issue that will always will be with wireless charging, is that requires direct placement and you really essentially can’t use your phone if you need to without picking up the phone. And of course, wireless charging likely is not as fast as a wired charging method, especially that you can opt for a fast wireless charger or even some that use an iPad charger.

I believe the lightning port will be obsolete at one point, but I don’t believe that technology is ready yet, as I’m sure battery technology will also have to be more progressive as well.

I think charging stations will be so ubiquitous in homes, offices, cars and public places and the speed will get better.

Charging stations already are ubiquitous if you think about it, airports, various coffee shops, certain vehicle models are now coming standard with wireless charging mats, even libraries and local colleges have wireless charging stations in my area etc.

On My opinion, where the *real* advancement will be for wireless charging, will be long range wireless charging where it won’t require direct replacement at all. I understand that technology is certainly not ready as of yet, but I believe that will eventually be here, along with the battery progression technology.

 

[Abazigal]

Ha ha. I agree. I was being flippant (as usual). If that’s the best Apple can boast being one the richest companies in the world then perhaps their marketing company is performing a helluva lot better than their R&D department because people are still happily paying more cash for less tech.

What’s your second guess about why Apple is doing as financially well as they are?

 

[BruceEBonus]

What’s your second guess about why Apple is doing as financially well as they are?

It's what they call an enigma.

Guessing and conjecture have no place here. There's no logical reasoning why.
People buy Apple stuff "cos its Apple innit?"
They always have and they always will.
Oh And it's got good resale value, yeah?

 

[DevNull0]

There is no need to wait to the end of 2018. They can do that today, as they did last year.

Oh, really?

The iPhone 8 and X series include only a lightening to USB-3 cable. The 2015 and newer MBA and 2016 and newer MBP lines do not have any ports to plug that cable into.

So you need to buy an extra adapter to connect Apple's current model phones to Apple's current model laptops. Exactly as I said.

 

[jonnysods]

So USB to lightning 2? No way they are going to ditch their proprietary cables.

 

[the johnmc]

and this video must include the word "aluminium" pronounced the British way.

The correct way.

 

[Mad Mac Maniac]

They won’t do that. USB-C is worse than lightning in every way for use in iPhones. It’s fatter. It doesn’t hold as securely. It also offers no technical benefits, since iPhone will never make use of any additional usb-c features.

The lightning port will likely go away in a few years, but nothing will replace it.

USB-C doesn’t necessarily make sense on an iPhone... but does on an iPad Pro, when you consider all that it’s projected to be. And if all these iPad Pro USB-C capabilities are accomplished on the iPad, it would also make sense to reduce them down to iPhone.

I’m not saying it’ll happen, but it seems plausible.