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EU Warns Apple About Limiting Speeds of Uncertified USB-C Cables for iPhones
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I expect the answer is absolutely yes. Or rather, the EU will force whoever sold the cable (Amazon?) to compensate people. In the case of a fire, they could potentially extradite whichever company employee is responsible and ship them off to jail for manslaughter.
The EU has their own certification, called "CE". The certification should guarantee the cable will function correctly and it's highly illegal to sell non-CE cables in Eruope.
All MFI cables are also CE certified (at least they are if they're sold in the EU). Double certification is ridiculous. CE isn't going away though, so the right answer is to remove MFI certification.
Ah yes, because all cables last forver, people never throw out broken cables today or get new cables, and overnight all lightning devices will simply vanish instead of slow attrition
I thought they whole reason was so that people can charge. So, you can. If you want extra features, buy an Apple version. I see not problem with that. Just like buying a car. BWM has models that are fast and some that are slower. You pay more, you get more. Tesla does this all day long with software. They limit the Model 3 long range with software. You pay extra money and they unlock more performance. I guess it's slightly different as you have buy a whole new cable.
That said, the Apple cable sucks. Fall apart easily. But, I have used at least 10 different brands of 3rd party lighting cables and they fail before Apple cables. Certified or not. Took me a long time to find a decent model. If Apple wants to build a killer cable, have my kids test them. They are cable killers.
That said, the Apple cable sucks. Fall apart easily. But, I have used at least 10 different brands of 3rd party lighting cables and they fail before Apple cables. Certified or not. Took me a long time to find a decent model. If Apple wants to build a killer cable, have my kids test them. They are cable killers.
Completely ignored the other points huh? Wonder why.
We're done. Have a good one.
Can they also require apple to let us place icons wherever we want on the Homescreen??
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USB C will not cut for me, i need thunderbolt 4 speeds, i transfer around 500 GB of files from/to my iPhone every day, i can't wait for Apple to use Thunderbolt 5 with 100 Gbps transfer speeds please.
they will sue Apple because Apple has money, cable manufacturer doesn't have money.
Sigh…..
These commissioner don’t know how technology works, do they……
From what I heard from rumor mill, technology limitation on A16 chip will prevent full thunderbolt speed on USB-C on iPhones. Only A17 chip on iPhone 15 Pro will allow full thunderbolt level speed on the new USB-C ports.
It shouldn't have affected anyone because there shouldn't be a regulation in the first place. I'm not an Apple shareholder, and, again, I couldn't care less what port they use. My point is it should be up to Apple and Apple alone how they design their product, including the I/O. I never said nor even implied there was a conspiracy.
Yea. Good luck with that.
CE only assures conformance with health and safety, not functionality.
I really hope Apple delays USB C just to give the EU the middle finger.
And yet you live in a Republic 🙄
Just to reiterate:
The EU regulations come in for new devices in 2025. The new EU regulations say nothing about how the iPhone 15 acts, or the iPhone 16 (at least the first colours, the later colour could be impacted).
Apple doesn't HAVE to follow these rules until the iPhone 17.
Also, the EU regulations only talk about charging, so Apple can certainly limit DATA speeds on uncertified equipment all it wants.
The EU regulations come in for new devices in 2025. The new EU regulations say nothing about how the iPhone 15 acts, or the iPhone 16 (at least the first colours, the later colour could be impacted).
Apple doesn't HAVE to follow these rules until the iPhone 17.
Also, the EU regulations only talk about charging, so Apple can certainly limit DATA speeds on uncertified equipment all it wants.
Exactly why I now use an MX Master 3 - this is a design screw up in a massive scale - cannot use the thing when charging....WTF Even though the MX Master gets really, really long life, when it does need a charge I can still use it with charging cable plugged in. The above is classic Apple form over function
I think their point was that Apple can't limit cable speed or functionality just because it isn't MFI certified.
How come the magic mouse doesn't have wireless charging... and the mouse pad is the wireless charging pad. Never have to plug it in or worry about it being charged ever again.
except it's the correct charging spot
putting charge port on the front frays the apple cables because they weren't designed for movement. they could include the braided cables but that means you have to pack that special braided cable for travel, so accessibility to existing cables is a priority.
mx master 3 is a much thicker mouse and doesn't need to worry about multitouch which means better battery life. multitouch on a mouse works better on a thinner mouse. and logitech doesn't care about accessibility to existing cables.
"The Apple lightning cable end was separated overnight from the iPhone"
looks like he was using a damaged cable. my damaged lightning cable is exposed at the exact same position
Android has been using USB-C for half a decade, and funny how there aren't rampant reports of Android phones being destroyed by cheap cables.