Wireless syncing is markedly slower than wired syncs.
It can be, but I don't think i've connected my phone to anything since about 2013
Wireless syncing is markedly slower than wired syncs.
What innovations, they kept their lighting port for ten years with almost no innovation as the rest of the world moved to high speed USB.This is, of course, where Apple is actually right that regulations like this stop useful innovation.
Apple did more than anyone to create and establish USB-C as a standard. Just because they didn’t switch their phone over as fast as you would like (after promising consumers they’d use lightening for a decade) doesn’t mean they weren’t innovating.What innovations, they kept their lighting port for ten years with almost no innovation as the rest of the world moved to high speed USB.
This would be in line with their ideals on privacy. Though maybe someone will hack Magsafe next; it's not supposed to be a data port, but it does communicate an attached Apple case's color to the phone's UI, so a 2-bit hackI would actually welcome a portless iphone. the ports are not only points of failure (dust gets in, etc) they are also an attack vector for law enforcement. A portless iphone would completely kill greykey.
The EU is not mandating that devices must be portless.🤷🏽Love Europe and its regulations.
Folks here identify so closely with apple, that anything perceived as an attack on apples pristine goodness is obviously taken personally.The EU is not mandating that devices must be portless.🤷🏽
The EU is not saying devices can’t be charged wirelessly.🤷🏽
In this instance I not see how EU can be painted as the devil?
The EU is not mandating that devices must be portless.🤷🏽
The EU is not saying devices can’t be charged wirelessly.🤷🏽
In this instance I not see how EU can be painted as the devil?
They want you to use iCloud or AirdropA data port is still necessary because, for some stupid reason, you can't sync your photos from your iPhone to your Mac over WiFi. 🙄
Although, having said that, iPhone <-> Mac syncing seems to get flakier and flakier with every software update these days… 😠
(And, no, iSomebodyElsesComputer is not the answer I'm looking for)
Let’s not do more proprietary stuff please.I hate how the EU can just dictate what a company is allowed to do. I hate even more the idea of mandating a “common port.” What if Apple wanted to release a unique port that is better than said common port? Can’t do it…
So you never needed to hold your phone while charging?It can be, but I don't think i've connected my phone to anything since about 2013
Some EU decisions are maybe questionable, but I think this one does help protect the consumer.I hate how the EU can just dictate what a company is allowed to do. I hate even more the idea of mandating a “common port.” What if Apple wanted to release a unique port that is better than said common port? Can’t do it…
So you never needed to hold your phone while charging?
I’m in bed, holding my phone that’s connected to a a MagSafe charger right now responding to this messageSo you never needed to hold your phone while charging?
The free market should be taking care of that problem, not the government. And now the government has chilled innovation in developing smaller, better ports. Because who is going to invest the tens to hundreds of millions to do so if they can’t sell a product that uses it in the EU?Some EU decisions are maybe questionable, but I think this one does help protect the consumer.
Imagine a case where a family has multiple devices. The smartphone manufacturer creates a new standard "improved" connector for their devices, so far not a problem.
But the next year they create an even better connector, but its not compatible with the previous. Now some family members need one cable/charger and some need another.
The a family member goes to another manufacturer and they have a different connector, now the cable situation is getting a bit silly.
Personally I think having a common connector is a good idea, it has made my home and travel experience much easier. Now obviously this needs to then allow for future innovation and there may come a tiem when the USB-XYZ connector needs adopting and there is a changeover period, not an issue I am sure and will be handled.
Making companies like Apple, Samsung and others use an industry standard at least makes the consumer experience for most people a little easier. And it is then upto tech industry to ensure the industry standards are worked on to benefit consumer, not sell proprietary cables.
It's like your outlook is so narrow that you can't actually see why for certain uses, we still need to connect stuff together with a physical cable. And that will always be the case. Forever. I gave a very common example in #166.Of course Apple will go to portless / totally wireless eventually. As soon as they think it's feasible. That has been Apple's trajectory over the decades. Always first to abandon something that's on its way out but has an adequate modern substitute. And almost always, after a lot of whining and mocking, the entire industry quickly follows.
My guess is that Apple has engineers working furiously on getting data transfer to be wicked fast and reliable, even if it means building a new chip or architecture to assist. Because as several here pointed out, that's a remaining weakness and barrier to going fully wireless / portless.
Wireless is the future. Look how far it has come, to where we are wirelessly handling individual 4K movie streams without even thinking about it. Wirelessly charging batteries, even gigantic car batteries. Wireless extreme fidelity for live music and Hollywood film production. When they figure out wireless energy transmission at rates powerful enough to run lightbulbs at a distance, the world will be a whole different place.
But of course one thing will never change: there will always be a cadre of grumpy geezers complaining about whatever it is.![]()
While I agree there will always be use cases for ports, my guess is the market of people who care about those use cases is (relatively speaking) tiny.It's like your outlook is so narrow that you can't actually see why for certain uses, we still need to connect stuff together with a physical cable. And that will always be the case. Forever. I gave a very common example in #166.
Oh btw, the wireless streamed 4K movies you're talking about are absolute junk compared to a UHD BluRay. No streaming service on the planet has the bandwidth capacity to stream movies in UHD BluRay quality, which can be 100GB per movie. So that's an awful example considering we lost so much quality compared to what we had, just for the sake of convenience.
Oh and even more btw, wireless charging is horrendously inefficient.
I think the audio fidelity query is valid, but dispute the comment on Bluetooth.Please don't tell me they should exchange their $5000 reference-quality headphones for a pair of bluetooth sh#te.
That means your phone is connected to a power brick with a charging cable.I’m in bed, holding my phone that’s connected to a a MagSafe charger right now responding to this message
They kept their lightning port for 10 years because they said they’d keep it 10 years. That’s how long a decade is.What innovations, they kept their lighting port for ten years with almost no innovation as the rest of the world moved to high speed USB.
Oh wow, really?!Indeed. I don't even bother with AirDrop any more, since it seems to fail more often than it succeeds. If it's one photo I tend to email it to myself, but if I have a whole batch then it's plug in time (and if one of the photos was only taken a few moments ago, then potentially unplug and replug until it shows up).