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Images Suggest Some iPhone 15 Models Could Feature Thunderbolt Data Transfer Speeds

I can't remember the last time I plugged my iOS device into a computer, probably 2010 or 2011?

This is probably great for people that use their iphone to shoot media for their businesses, etc.
 
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dwaltwhit said:
Unpopular opinion: Transfer speeds don't mean diddly squat to what I would think is the vast majority of iPhone users. The last time I plugged in my phone to a computer was to transfer songs onto my iPhone 7 from my itunes library. If keeping usb 2 speeds keeps cost down, fine by me. I'm certain there are folks with other uses that require thunderbolt speeds, but that is probably such a small percentage of users.
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ProRes raw files seem to be the best use case for faster USB or Thunderbolt speeds. Before that Apple seemed happy enough with WiFi for most syncing and transfer needs.
 
Ethosik said:
You can’t have it two ways Apple. If you market your phone as a pro device that can record at ProRes, but it takes a day to transfer a video from it, it’s not a good look. WiFi isn’t much better. Even iPhone 13 Pro with WiFi 6 setup my transfer speeds are around 35 MB/s.
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You may not be aware that Apple's use of the "Pro" moniker with devices has absolutely nothing to do with marketing them as "Pro devices."

Unless you really believe Apple markets AirPods Pro earbuds to professional sound engineers working in recording studios.

Apple's use of the word "Pro" is to differentiate product tiers having more features.
 
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Razorpit said:
Never understood why we didn’t have Thunderbolt speeds with the Lightning connector. Best of both worlds. I blame Apple for the failure of Lightning adoption. The USB-C connector stinks in all physical considerations.
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Lightning was never design to handle the bandwidth and data connections needed for Thunderbolt. Lightning predated Thunderbolt and could not be "upgraded" to Thunderbolt with the same hardware.
 
I will believe it when I see it. Phone makers have been using slow physical ports for ever. It was ok when they first came out. Not so much now
 
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Any name said:
Imagine selling a $2000 computer with 256 gb of SDD, 8 gb of RAM with each upgrade for $200 in 2023. Anything is possible
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Further, imagine a chunk of the buying crowd passionately arguing why that is perfectly fine to strangers, trying to convince them that what the Corporation has decided to offer is perfectly fine for all potential buyers. That is- IMO- the true genius of modern Apple. ;)
 
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seek3r said:
What, precisely, do you mean by that? I can use both hard drives and network file servers connected to via a USB ethernet adapter just fine from the files app. Dont get me wrong, the app is a mess compared to a true full file manager, but I dont have the limitations you’re claiming…
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Sounds like your talking about plugging external hard drives directly to the Files.app? Yes, that’s supported, but you can’t plug your iPhone directly to your Mac via USB and transfer data in either direction with Finder.
 
TrenttonY said:
Sounds like your talking about plugging external hard drives directly to the Files.app? Yes, that’s supported, but you can’t plug your iPhone directly to your Mac via USB and transfer data in either direction with Finder.
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I just plugged my iPhone into my MBA. Then used Finder to drag a movie file to the VLC folder on the phone. I was able to play it on VLC.
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TrenttonY said:
iOS still doesn’t even allow you to transfer content by wire from the Files.app yet. 🤣
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?? ipadOS does… I plug an external drive (USB C) directly into M1 ipad pro to copy files on/off using the files app all the time. This is one of the primary reasons I am looking forward to USB C on iPhones. I can see where it might be a “pro” feature - most folks use their port only for charging - if that. For me, it’s only used for car play (curious to see how that is going to be handled). I’m okay with the idea that “extra required hardware” is only offered initially on pro models - but if there is an “artificial” downgrade on devices that have the hardware capability, I predict law suits…
 
johnmarki said:
🤞 Please be true! 🤞 I'm one of the few people that still backup my files to a physical drive in my possession. I also have my own NAS that I use as a cloud for my devices, but thunderbolt transfer speeds would be incredible on the iPhone, and would make editing photos and video so much better. I'm very disappointed in Apple that they would shackle (potentially) other consumers to USB 2 speeds just because (for iCloud marketing purposes). There is no excuse for this that can be justified...if the USB 2.0 speeds rumor is true.
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There is. You shouldn’t be so behind and expect your historical methods to still be supported
 
You can transfer files in Finder because they basically moved the old iTunes functionality into Finder. It's probably fine as long as your workflow is pretty simple and your apps support it.
 
Every new version of iOS and every .x update I use my mac and hardwire it to update the phone and iPad.

That’s just the way I prefer to do updates vs. delta updates wirelessly. Been doing that since iPhone 3G days.

Old fashioned, I am.
 
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Daedalus65 said:
?? ipadOS does… I plug an external drive (USB C) directly into M1 ipad pro to copy files on/off using the files app all the time. This is one of the primary reasons I am looking forward to USB C on iPhones. I can see where it might be a “pro” feature - most folks use their port only for charging - if that. For me, it’s only used for car play (curious to see how that is going to be handled). I’m okay with the idea that “extra required hardware” is only offered initially on pro models - but if there is an “artificial” downgrade on devices that have the hardware capability, I predict law suits…
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Yes, external drives are supported by iOS, but that’s not what I’m talking about. You currently can’t transfer data from the Files.app on iOS to Finder on Mac via a USB cable.
 
Much more important than data speed, is charging speed. I see few topics talking about it.. Its Ridiculous charge 20w speed.. It should be at least 70w, or even 100w.. Cheap chinese phones charges 120w speed.. Its Impressive charge 50% phone battery less than 10 minutes.. 15 minutes and it charged 70%. You dont care about saving battery anymore as it really fast charge..
 
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cyanite said:
No it can’t, not really. That’s not a regular lightning port, but a two-sided one (16 pins, probably four lanes). Cables only contain 8 wires, so it only works with the specific adapter released for it. So it’s really a restricted form of Lightning 2.
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That's like saying Thunderbolt 3 is a restricted form of USB-C; you only get Thunderbolt 3 speeds with specific cables.

Apple should have used the 16-pin Lightning 2 on iPhones, but they let it languish.
 
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