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EU Gives Final Approval to Law That Will Force iPhone to Switch to USB-C

robd003 said:
What happens when there's a better connector invented? Will the europeans be stuck in the stone age due to this legislation?
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What makes it better?

This law permits other connectors to be used as long as they enable the device to be smaller or they permit the device to charge at over 100 W.

This law only applies to connections used for charging. Other than size and speed, IDK what other aspects one would really want out of a charging cable. I kind of doubt more than 5% of phones have done a wired data transfer in the past ~8 years.
 
AppleTO said:
A USB-C connector doesn’t mean the port is any faster. I have a USB-C device that still operates using USB 2.0.

Also, I’m surprised cars aren’t somehow included in this. I just purchased a new car that still uses USB-A. It would have been nice if it was USB-C.
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My 2023 Outback has a USB-C port in the front and back seat. They did leave a USB-A port beside it though.
 
Last I heard, rolling blackouts and gas shortages were being threatened for this winter. Is this a vote of confidence that there will be electricity available to flow through those government-approved cables?
 
Yay! iPhone I/O will finally escape 2012 and move into the current decade! 🍾🥂✨

I almost can’t believe it. 🥹

And I feel this calls for a celebration! 🕺🎉

 
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rp100 said:
Last I heard, rolling blackouts and gas shortages were being threatened for this winter. Is this a vote of confidence that there will be electricity available to flow through those government-approved cables?
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Apple will make and sell a beautiful power bank to keep your iPhone charged during power outages.
 
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AndiG said:
1. I'm wondering about people writing something with any background.
2. The Anti Apple Law was made to stop Apple from bypassing.
3. An EU wireless charging standard is next.

No matter what, proprietary Apple charging technology is dead. D E A D.
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Good thing Apple already used the current wireless standards.
 
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Alex Cai said:
USB-C is hollow in the middle and is less durable than lightning. Lightning have rounder edges, making it easier to plug in.

I agree that iPad and macs need this for speed, but daily-use products…….not the case anymore
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On more than one occasion I have had lightning connectors break with the pin left inside the iPad. Never happened with USB-C. It’s simple physics. An oval tube is also stronger than a plate.
 
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I actually like Lightning. It charges the phone. It does its job.

That said, it's not good for anything other than charging. It's super slow for data transfer. Not something I use it for but others do. It's old technology and Apple doesn't want to update it or let others use it.

At this point with USB C being the standard cable Apple need to admit defeat and remove it from iPhone. USB is good enough for their other devices so why not iPhone?

While it's no major inconvenience, it's unnecessary for me to have to carry two cables everywhere. Lightning for my iPhone and USB C for literally everything else.

I won't be buying another iPhone with lightning. iPhone 15 should come with USB C and let Lightning die.
 
krspkbl said:
That said, it's not good for anything other than charging. It's super slow for data transfer. Not something I use it for but others do. It's old technology and Apple doesn't want to update it or let others use it.
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USB-C can be limited to USB2.0-speed, too. The port is unrelated to the spec going through it.

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I'm more interested in native support for Alt-Modes like HDMI: https://www.hdmi.org/spec/typec
 
Can't wait until a few years down the line when the EC decides it's time to update this standard and sets up a committee to study proposals, and a bureaucracy to manage the standard. More positions for unelected government officials who all, by coincidence, are family members of the ruling party, and are pushing the "standard" of the company with the deepest pockets.
 
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attila said:
Not good. The USB-C standard is faulty as there are too many variations of it that aren't transparent to then customer. It should be Apple's choice to use it.
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I get what you’re saying but the standard for the connector is separate from what protocols the cable supports. It’s the same connector whether it’s 480Mbps USB2 or 40Gbps Thunderbolt.

HDMI or Displayport have the same problem to a lesser extent. There’s no easy way to tell what they can do just by looking at them.
 
rpmurray said:
Can't wait until a few years down the line when the EC decides it's time to update this standard and sets up a committee to study proposals, and a bureaucracy to manage the standard. More positions for unelected government officials who all, by coincidence, are family members of the ruling party, and are pushing the "standard" of the company with the deepest pockets.
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The USB-IF is a cross company body that works on the USB standards. It’s not for profit so I’m not sure who you think benefits from enforcing the use of USB-C as a standard in the EU?

BTW, Apple is a member of the body.
 
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Apple already uses the USBC cable in some of its products so why not the iPhone or anything else like the APPs?
Could Apple just replace the old cable with a newer one with for faster speed but kept the lightning end? Maybe, but it didn't.
Instead of changing (like it does and makes consumers accept those changes), a govt entity had to get involved to force the change. Apple will now lose one of its cash cows of selling its MFI Apple products which is probably why it fought hard to keep to no avail, at least in the UK.
Let that change happen worldwide.
 
Apple should’ve updated Lightning while they had the chance. If Apple is so dedicated to Lightning and is being forced at gunpoint to adopt USB-C, why did they update the iPad Pro with USB-C long before this EU regulation was a thing? Why did they keep Lightning at USB 2.0 speeds in the iPhone and never update it?
 
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