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Barclays: iPhone 12 Models Will Have 'Refreshed' Face ID System, Lightning Connector Could Be Dropped in 2021
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They wouldn’t want to break CarPlay or give customers reasons not to upgrade. I think they would have a well thought out solution.
I think they'll go port-less before adding USB-C to the iPhones.
MacRumors readers all want USB C, but I think the majority of iPhone users would freak if they yanked Lighting.
Not to mention development on them would be a pain, wireless app install/debug isn't the best yet.
Sign me up for an SE2 tho! I can accept an iPhone 8 form factor with updated internals.
Refreshing the Face ID components only makes sense considering they are making a 5.4" phone which will likely require a smaller notch (or of course the illusive no notch) to have enough space for the status bar.
Imagine no physical connector and all of those "older" cars with CarPlay, but not wireless CarPlay. A good adapter would have to be in the pipeline.
No lightning port means no charger, no EarPods, but significant innovation = maximum profit!
-Tim
-Tim
Plus Apple need to up from the turtle 7.5W wireless charging, and wireless charging in general needs better range and public availability.
Apple Watch and AirPods seem to be doing just fine.
Actually I prefer the Lightening connector - it is easier to attach than USB-C. In any case, as a person who charges their phone from buses, trains, and portable battery packs while hiking/backpacking, I agree that removing a wired connector would really be annoying in the extreme. With a cable you can work with your phone with little hindrance, not so if you have to lay your phone down on a wireless charging mat.
Hope this isn't true. Given the rumors of some kind of Touch ID implementation coming back, perhaps the premium models will support both. A return to Touch ID in some way (either as an option or replacing Face ID) would be the one thing that would get me to upgrade from my X.
I'm hoping they remove all ports and physical buttons and old SIM card tech and go to a completely wireless solution in order to have a sealed high waterproof device with no earpiece or speaker requiring wireless calling and listening devices like AirPods and Bluetooth for safe driving and no more iPhone held up to your ear.
Since they have removed iTunes app downloads from device in iOS 9 and now removed iTunes app management in iOS 13 the next step is to completely eliminate iTunes for any reasons and only provide iCloud backups and restore, even in a DFU mode.
Since they have removed iTunes app downloads from device in iOS 9 and now removed iTunes app management in iOS 13 the next step is to completely eliminate iTunes for any reasons and only provide iCloud backups and restore, even in a DFU mode.
sounds good to me, who needs physical connectors anymore. give me a USB dongle that can give me wireless CarPlay in my car and I'm golden
Of which both products only need a simple USB cable to plug in and charge.
A phone is an entirely different proposition and advocating carrying a wireless charging pad around is nonsense
You mean wireless charging contributes to global warming by being less efficient and wasting electricity?? (See, that's the way to get them to keep the connector.
)Exactly.
What happens when you are out and about and want to top off your phone in your car, in an airport, on a long bus or train ride, at a friends etc. This doesn't seem logical at least not at this time or anytime soon.
If they want to remove Lighting and skip USB-C I hope they'll at least consider the smart connector currently found on iPads. It can charge accessories and transfer data, so in theory could charge the iPhone and transfer data to it, but the advantage is that you can save some internal space by adopting it and it offers a better seal as there is no hole.
I'd rather have that instead of just Qi charging
I'd rather have that instead of just Qi charging
"the analysts said they see potential for Apple to remove the Lightning connector from at least one iPhone model in 2021, echoing a prediction shared by fellow analyst Ming-Chi Kuo last month. This could result in wired EarPods being removed from the box, they said."
could it?!
could it?!
This stupid rumor comes out every year. I doubt we’ll see an iPhone with no charging port unless some company comes out with completely wireless charging that works more than a foot away and isn’t so inefficient that it wastes 10x the power it puts out.
i hope the next model's face id works in landscape mode. it would be highly appreciated.
Actually, I think you can. But you would need a wireless charging device that snaps onto the phone, rather than just lies on a desk. That way, the phone effectively becomes like a wired device while charging, even though it has no ports.
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Yes. You can do anything with adapters. The adapter could have a wireless charger right in it, as well as a Bluetooth connection to the iPhone. I would imagine those would be bundled along with the first gen of wireless phones..
That leaves a whole market open for wireless dongles...😂
Not nessessarly, there are already some wireless CarPlay adapters out there. Apple would have to offer one. Essentially a wireless dongle... haha
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