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Gurman: AirPods and Mac Accessories Likely to Switch to USB-C by 2024
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I Have a pretty ancient charging stand on my nightstand. It includes a lean to wireless pad for iPhone, a puck station for A Watch (you put the Apple Watch charging puck in it) , and a "tab: on top of the watch puck station that you can stick your "lightning" AirPods on. One device...all three concerns.
Do you have a source for that? I am pretty sure they can indeed go without ports. The way I understood the rule in EU is that they have to have USB-C IF the device has a port. For example, the Apple Watch doesn't have a port and therefore doesn't have to have USB-C.
You literally might be right
But the question is whether Apple would be dumb enough to rely on MagSafe for data transfers. I look forward trying to wirelessly transfer an SD card from my camera to my iPhone.It will be funny to see everyone who views every decision Apple makes as a cynical attempt to charge customers more line up behind the portliest iPhone decision which would require everyone to buy a MagSafe puck because they sure wont be in the box.
If the spirit of the law is to ease customer burden, I expect the final write law to mandate USB-C charging and data transfer in addition to whatever other decision the Manufacturer makes. Kind of like how MacBooks can have MagSafe because they also have USB charging.