Bricked iPhone 16 Can Be Restored Wirelessly Using Another iPhone

[tomtad]

Another indication of a portless phone? I can't imagine the Pro going portless now, since they advertised those capabilities so much. Even in the regular phone and SE, I think people would not like the compromise given how universally useful USB-C now is.

I can only imagine it for the rumored "thin" iPhone. In that form factor they can experiment and gauge the reaction.

There will never, ever be a portless phone.

• Charging will always be faster and more efficient with a wired connection
• Data transfer, especially important with ever larger image/video files for creatives, will always be faster with a wired connection
• The space taken up by the port is negligible
• Phones are waterproofed already while having a port
• International legislation increasingly dictates a port (USB-C) has to be included on a phone
• Zero advantage if a phone was portless

For all those reasons above it will never happen.

 

[JustSomebody12]

Unfortunately hearing this is hardware limitation, so it is likely not coming to older models at all. A18 chip has updated Secure Enclave that allows remote restore.

(I just finally watched Apple event and catching up on Apple news after avoiding it for three months so apologies for weird reply post here)

I am not surprised, still a good move in the right direction. The big question is if it will be present in the SE, which usually gets much longer selling cycles.

• Zero advantage if a phone was portless

the waoh effect and cheaper costs for production and impermeabilisation.