Samsung was also selling different phones to Europe, as they had a different processor for whatever reason.
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India May Force Apple to Adopt USB-C on iPhone After EU Passes Similar Law
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Samsung was also selling different phones to Europe, as they had a different processor for whatever reason.
Apple will just put a dongle in the box, they'll never change it now that they're so close to removing the port altogether...which is a travesty. Wireless charging is slow, inefficient and most importantly heats up your phone degrading the battery life.
India is making progress on a government proposal that would enforce a standard charger, USB-C, across all smartphones, tablets, and laptops, following in the footsteps of the EU, which just recently passed a similar law.
In a government press release, India's Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution secretary, Rohit Kumar Singh, said different government and private agencies held a meeting and a "broad consensus emerged among stakeholders on adoption of USB Type – C as a charging port for electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc." The press release added: "Further, it was deliberated that a different charging port may be adopted for feature phones."
India's consideration of mandating a common charger across consumer devices was previously reported on in August, however, it seems the government is moving forward with its proposal after initially saying it would explore the possibility of such a law.
If India does move forward with the proposed plan, it will follow in the European Union's footsteps, which recently passed a law that mandates USB-C across a wide range of consumer electronic devices by 2024. Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing, Greg Joswiak, said in a recent event that Apple would have to comply with the EU's new law, indirectly confirming the iPhone will adopt USB-C in the near future.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes all iPhone 15 models will ditch the Lightning port in favor of USB-C, but only the higher-end models of the 2023 iPhone lineup will benefit from faster transfer speeds.
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I find it funny how reluctant Apple is to adopt USB-C (which they helped develop) for absolutely no good reason. They will pretend it's to avoid "waste" when they have no trouble changing the stupid charge port of their laptops every year (MagSafe 1, MagSafe 2, USB-C, then MagSafe 3) which comes with a cable that literally disintegrates within 2 years on its own, making computers that lack HDMI, USB-A and an SD slot just to force you to buy more dongles (more e-waste, anyone?), and then coming up with an Apple pencil that requires a USB-C to Lightning dongle, or having some iPads use USB-C while others still use Lightning. Glueing in their batteries so nearly the entire computer is trash after the battery is consumed. Riveting in their keyboard so you can't fix it if a crumb gets under the untested keyboard design causing you to have to – you guessed it – replace the entire computer just so you can type again.
But having to use a USB-C cable that's literally faster and delivers more power (which most people already own because you forced them to transition with your own MacBooks, remember)? Blasphemy! Waste! Compatibility issues!
Apple has become one of the most pretentious, up-their-own-a** company in existence.
But having to use a USB-C cable that's literally faster and delivers more power (which most people already own because you forced them to transition with your own MacBooks, remember)? Blasphemy! Waste! Compatibility issues!
Apple has become one of the most pretentious, up-their-own-a** company in existence.
From my point of view, MagSafe would be just as bad as Lightning - it still requires carrying an additional cable with you everywhere rather than being able to share one type of charging cable between multiple devices. Worse, the MagSafe cable is bulkier and more expensive than a Lightning cable!
From Apple's point of view, there is a good reason: greed.
Apple receives royalties from every MFI Lightning cable/accessory sold. We don't know exactly how much, but it's certainly in the high tens and probably in the hundreds of millions of $ per year.
USB-C, on the other hand, is an open standard, and Apple can't collect royalties on it.
While I wish apple came to this decision on its own accord, just it has for Macintosh and iPad and Apple TV remote, it’s good to see that future iPhones will likely get usb-c. Lightning was an excellent innovation. But usb4 has lightning beat in many regards, such as power delivery and tunneling capabilities such as DisplayPort, pcie, Ethernet, and of course usb. Time to move on.
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The EU certainly is a government (or rather, it has a government). It has a president, a cabinet/executive branch (European Commission), a legislature with upper (EU council) and lower (EU parliament) houses, and direct elections every 5 years in which every EU citizen can vote.
Does any one think Apple wouldn’t have gone to usb c on their iPhones anyway? They were already doing it in iPads etc.
Now it seems iPhone might even be thunderbolt enabled, which would never have happened with lightning.
I think the battle is more that if they made a better incompatible port in the future, would the EU stop progress here?
Now it seems iPhone might even be thunderbolt enabled, which would never have happened with lightning.
I think the battle is more that if they made a better incompatible port in the future, would the EU stop progress here?
Apple followed the strategy to get rid of cables in last years. Now the big "innovation" is a wire? Forced by EU politicians? Still very sceptical. For me this doesn't feel innovative to get the android wired port on an iphone.
But, how many people gonna recall all of the above and come into realisation the so-called ”more e-waste” claim, while technically correct, has no merit whatsoever? Apple is clearly avoiding to address the elephant in the room right now, which is how expensive and “disposable” their products are to repair and reuse. Produce less means use less resources, and better for the environment.
But NO. Wall Street maniacs, shareholders and Apple executives are demanding more money from their investment, “infinite growth out of finite resources“. I don’t know how this magic can happen.
If Apple actually goes portless, that new MagSafe charger would be similar to what’s on MacBook Air, or even Smart Connector on iPad 10, and Apple can keep charging MFi for those cables dedicated for data transfer, while removing charging cable in the box, keeping green washing “saving the planet” bs.
You are calculating % but forgot the numbers. Indians stand at 1.4Billion people. So a small percentage of mobile users is still a considerable number.
I don't know how many iPhones get disposed of, but frankly speaking, I still have iPhone 3GS in my drawer.
As far as disposing off after it's non-functional, then I must say iPhones are longest lasting phones, if there is no manufacturing defect, then they last forever. I have been using iPhones since iPhone3G. They just don't die so easily. iPhones get resold and resold, same with MacBooks. My iPad Air gen1 is still being used by someone I sold to, 9 years in service and still going on. If it gets spoilt, I'm sure parts will be sold somewhere online.
And please, anyone who wants to throw/dispose of apple products, send them to me.
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No it really isn't lmao. Wireless is cool and convenient but wired will always be superior in every aspect due to being a solid stable connection with faster transfer speeds.
Now, only if some entity or entities can force electrical plugs to be the same all the world over. LOL. Have you seen how many different types of AC plugs there are? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Types_in_present_use
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Once everything is USBC, you will still need to carry multiple cables if you have multiple devices. They will all be USBC...
Except there’s literally no reason to create a law like this. It stiffles innovation, increases e-waste, and forces a new, in many ways inferior connector where it isn’t needed. Market pressure and/or Apples choices should be what drive product decisions like this. It’s not a critical safety issue or anything that deserves this level of regulation.
Which version of USB-C? What capabilities? Even the USB consortium has a hard time explaining and labeling them all. One connector trying to do everything means lots of compromise everywhere.
Tim Cook touts correctly. And lightning imo is still better than usb c.
Why is this “the right thing”?
Why should they give up lightning when it’s better in almost every respect for its purpose?