Nope. Brussels actually brought us this decades ago, when they triggered the engineering of a completely new plug:
Remember the "fun" we had plugging this crap at the backside of VCRs and TV sets?
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Remember the "fun" we had plugging this crap at the backside of VCRs and TV sets?
Wireless charging needs to be A LOT better for speed, range and public accessibility before I will buy any smartphone without ports.
Well. They didn't vote for this.
They voted for an industry standard that Apple is currently using in their iPad pro and laptop lines.
Your comment is silly, really.
One of the biggest drawbacks to having a portless (ie, wireless-charge-only) phone is services like CarPlay. Yes, I'm aware that there is also Wireless CarPlay; however, there are still a lot of cars--2020 models even--that only offer the standard CarPlay. Car makers are notorious for the stance of "if you want the newer technology, just buy a new car [preferably from us]."
The blame for that is on Apple and Apple alone. If they decide to go wireless with the phone and make it as ****** an experience, that will be too.
wireless charging in and of itself is an industry standard.
Now a different thing would be for Apple to come up with their own wireless charging protocol that would render all wireless phones incompatible with any other charging mat besides Apple ones.
I've said this for a while. Just get the phone and either lower the cost or provide vouchers/gift cards to get the accessories if you need or upgrades of them at the customer's cost.
You mean they're far ahead in protecting consumers from predatory business behaviours? Yeah, they are. Far, far ahead. AUS isn't bad either.
trick answer: be charged from usb-a
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no, we’re not. You’re looking at the wrong end of the cable.
tomorrow in the news: EU mandates apple to abandon iOS and iPadOS in favor of Android.
there are so many smartphones around the world, wouldn't it be easy for all of the to have a single operating system? wouldn't it be better for the customers?
people aren't morons. if they dislike the iPhone because of its charging connector, they won't buy it. leave it to them. stop helping me, you've done enough: the mobile browsing experience is a piece of s..t because of the mandated 'hello i'm a website that uses cookies' popups, that cover 80% of the screen real estate. thank you, EU.
there are so many smartphones around the world, wouldn't it be easy for all of the to have a single operating system? wouldn't it be better for the customers?
people aren't morons. if they dislike the iPhone because of its charging connector, they won't buy it. leave it to them. stop helping me, you've done enough: the mobile browsing experience is a piece of s..t because of the mandated 'hello i'm a website that uses cookies' popups, that cover 80% of the screen real estate. thank you, EU.
I’m tired of the usb-C vs lightning arguments. Just use whatever you have and be done with it.
This is offensive, un-American, and anti-innovation. Apple has developed a better connector, EU says "we don't care, you MUST use what we tell you". If EU had their way, we would still be using wall phones. No computers allowed either since they MUST be compatible with typewriters. They are Luddites and it's a shame that they might be successful in stopping Apple from innovating.
I'm glad that every computer will soon require a 5.25inch floppy drive. I mean CD player. Wait, I mean DVD player. Or is that Blu-ray? Of course, we also need every country to run at 110 volts, since that is the American standard and we invented it (LOL). Does every phone need to have a rotary dial with specific dimensions?
Trying to lock down technology for every device is a really bad idea. IMO.
Trying to lock down technology for every device is a really bad idea. IMO.
Won't miss lightning, its just another way for Apple to milk customers. Sorry not sorry.
Agreed. While I love usb-c Apple is correct in that it may stifle innovation when you are forced to use one standard. What if they really want to maintain thinness and choose a mag safe connector style. This will allow fast transfer speeds and minimal space requirements but you can’t develop it because of this EU rule?
this is what worries me. What if a new standard allows for more efficient, safer, and faster throughput? We can’t adopt until the law catches up?
Government needs to stick with safety and security and butt out of everything else.
Definitely agree with phone only with price drops or some sort of GC or voucher to use if you need to buy accessories.
No to wireless only until wireless ups it's speed/range and public availability.
I hated that port. DB-25 on Macs could be SCSI, and on PC most likely a parallel port. Fortunately, your little printer icon there helps. PowerBooks changed things around a bit with a square SCSI.
Not sure where everyone got the idea that Apple has to switch the lightning port to usb-c on the iPhone.. The article says they have to have usb-c on the charger not the phone which Apple has already starting to provide with the 11Pro, ProMax and iPad Pro's..