I'm gonna assume you aren't old enough to remember the hell that was mobile phone charging in the early 2000's.
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Greg Joswiak: Apple Will Have to Comply With the EU and Switch iPhone to USB-C
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An internal email and certified mail was sent to the Apple Exec team on October 25, 2022, at 7:35 AM requesting Apple to introduce USB-C with the upcoming iPhone 15. This was one of the requests that made the list. Yes, Joz was included.
Let’s see if Apple will grant my wishes. This is one out of 3. 🤫
Let’s see if Apple will grant my wishes. This is one out of 3. 🤫
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Cowards, kowtowing to tyranny. Pull out of the EU market to teach them a lesson!
Yeah…it can adapt. At government pace…which more often than not is slower than molasses.
The EU did it with Micro USB a decade ago and here we are moving towards a new standard. So no, we won't be stuck with USB-C forever.
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Also, the EU are gonna regulate wireless charging, and they're already onto it. I guess it's reasonable to assume portable devices would require a physical port, as wireless charging and transfer is not as efficient as a physical connection.
Exactly, like it does with the iPad. Oh, wait a second …
I wonder if people were saying in the 90s that what they had was fine for the next 30 years. As slowly as "wireless" has progressed, it'll be 30 years before that even makes sense.
I’m so ready for everything to be USB-C. I was on a trip this weekend and packed a 20W USB-C charger, but forgot my USB-C to lightning cable and had to use an old 5W charger with a USB-A to Lightning cable and it took FORVER to charge my 14 Pro. I really wish I could have just used the one USB-C cable I brought to charge my laptop, iPad, headphones, and Steam Deck!
The apple pace is not any better. If it wasn't for that EU law we would be stuck with lightning forever.
I originally “disagreed” with this, but i take it back. I agree with you, however, more so, Apple SHOULD have switched have switched to USB-C a long time ago. It’s bad for customers and bad for the environment. Good for Apple’s profit margins though.
The reality is we don't. That's why what the EU did is bad in the long term. Government regulation like this stifles innovation and progress. Eventually a new and improved connector / cable will come along, only now it will take longer since it will require the blessing of our government overlords.
But that doesn’t support the vocal pro-Lightning minority’s narrative!!!!
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charging ports in my experience bad break. I rather have portless. I thought about USB c but that wouldn't solve the port breaking. Magsafe and don't use lighting or QI after bad issues with 3rd party makers. Anker and Belkin that means you!
And outside of MacRumors…I seriously doubt people care. Anecdotal of course…but outside of here, I have literally never heard anyone complain about what charger they have to use. Come on to these boards and people make it sound like the sky is falling
Counterpoint: Lightning has been stuck at USB 2.0 speeds on over a decades worth of iPhones.
Not exactly a ton of free market innovation there.
Yeah, but the point you're missing is now it's going to take much much longer since approval will be required from our government overlords. Government regulation like this stifles innovation and progress.
Yeah, “We’ll have to comply” doesn’t exactly make me super confident about them doing more than the bare minimum requirement. I wouldn’t be shocked if they had a USB-C iPhone with USB 2.0 speeds for the first year.
If you thought innovation was slow before, just watch what happens in the future due to this new requirement.
For anyone I've talked to that also owns a MacBook/iPad or Android devices, they usually get pretty excited about it once you explain the difference of Lightning vs USB-C.
Usually variations of "I didn't know that was possible" or "why the hell haven't they already been doing that"
Isnt the law talking about 2024? So technically iPhone 16?
Why is iPhone 15 (2023) on usb c mandatory when it’s obligated only in 2024 by law.
Why is iPhone 15 (2023) on usb c mandatory when it’s obligated only in 2024 by law.
I'm old enough to remember. And that wasn't solved by government mandates.
This is so true. You know most non-nerd laypeople are gonna be PISSED when all their Lighting cables and accessories are rendered useless or dongle-fied. There will be significant backlash just like there was from non-nerds when Lightning was introduced.
I'm only finally getting innovation because of this requirement
