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India May Force Apple to Adopt USB-C on iPhone After EU Passes Similar Law
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They have a reason we just don’t know it.
iPhones sell hundreds of millions, laptops sell at what scale relative to that?
Do you know why they do this?
Are they doing this to sell more keyboards or repairs?
I personally prefer lightning over usb.
No, they’ve become better. They used to be extraordinarily pretentious in the late 1999s through 2000s, imo.
8 years after android had dual SIMs. It's hard to overcome a 8 year head start, especially when your offering is more most of the population's annual income.
I think everyone's first target is gaining 1% market share, that's how you get the ball rolling. It's the rate of subsequent growth after that first percent that Apple has failed at cracking.
I'm glad you're optimistic, but that last statement is just purely hypothetical and would require Apple to retreat on their entire value proposition of only being a premium brand. Apple just isn't a budget phone maker and whatever budget phone they make simply doesn't work in a price sensitive market where, like you said, $185 already gets you a solid Android daily driver with all the necessary features.
Also Apple is still fighting the insane import duties in India. Unless they truly commit to an Indian manufacturing pipeline and fully set up shop here, the prices are never going to come down anyway.
Also regarding your point of 3.94% being a large market share, I said this to another person who had a similar reply to me...
Yea this is why it confuses me why is wireless only or wireless C good, but even wirekess Lightning bad
Plus it's not the cable it's the port. Even some C like my ZF4 are 2.0, but I don't transfer. What is the theoretical limit for a Lightning cable if the devices had no limit to transfer speed?
Come on environmental protection is defined by Apple. Everything is defined by Apple.
Your statement proves my point. Wi-fi is used far more, even when ethernet is an option because of the convenience. Once Apple goes port-less people will see the inconvenience of plugging in. The only thing I dislike about my iPad is plugging it in. Wired will always be faster (duh) but that doesn't mean wireless can't get faster than it is and be fast enough for everyone.
For Apple it is the biggest issue. With the courage to define environmental protection did piss off EU.
Anyway I’m surprised at how many people didn’t find I made a parody of typical Lightning fans.
A brick charger is not needed to charge an iPhone. A cable is and a cable is provided. In fact iPhones can be charged-
- wirelessly,
- using a brick, usb a or usb c
- plugging into any usb a or usb c port in an outlet, in your car
Do you know how much Ampere the USB port of a typical laptop provides? Between 0,5 and 5A.
A wireless charger is still a charger, you must buy and ship separately.
USB ports only provide power when the PC is running. It's the most ineffective way of charging imaginable.
Again, burning fossil fuels in your car only to charge a phone! Hilarious.
Everybody needs a charger and nobody gets one with the phone.
Scrubquote. It literally takes a second to plug in lmao.
What makes it convenient is the fact no Apple device besides the Mac has a headphone jack anymore so of course using wireless is more convenient than plugging in a dongle then your headphones, a problem Apple caused in the first place!
But using wifi over an ethernet cable? Nah that's a scrubquote. It does not take work to plug in a cable to get more stable internet speeds and a solid connection.
Faster isn't the issue. It's stability. The reason wired is always superior to wireless is basic physics lmao. Wired is a solid connection. Wireless isn't. Ethernet can send and receive data. Wifi can only send or receive, but not at the same time, which results in packet loss. Wired headphones can get lossless hifi quality. Bluetooth cannot as data gets compressed over wireless and sometimes lost. Hell even wired mics are superior to wireless mics because of this. Cheap old wired dirtybuds have better mics than $200 AirPods do. That's sad.
There's a reason in the game industry multiplayer games recommend you use ethernet over wifi. (Yes even on Nintendo Switch the portable console they recommend this.)
One from 10 years ago. My laptop puts out 2.4 volts. Are you telling me most people have 10 year old laptops?
So you have only one cable and one brick and if either fails you’re screwed? That logic escapes me and I dont believe the majority of people who rely on their smartphone actually are that cheap.
Mine provides emergency power when the laptop is off. These days usb ports are built into many items everywhere. Lamps, outlets, TVs. You making the case that most people don’t have any usb charger other than the brick.
If you’re screwed and your phone is dead and you are cheap and don’t have a spare brick or battery or laptop, you gonna be disingenuous and tell me you wouldn’t use your car? My car can run for a few hours on accessory alone. Your car can’t?
Most people don’t need a charger. Period.
Better question, does all 150 million iPhones NEED a charger in the box? The only time it does if when someone is switching from Android OR new to iPhone. Both of which are smaller groups compared to “Already have an iPhone AND charger”.
Yes. Every single iPhone is useless without its own charger.
maybe because it's just not as popular as you think it is (Dual Sim was added in Android 10 according to Google)
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nearly anything that has a usb port can act as a charger for the phone
Although, I think this will be good a thing, it's utter garbage that the government is involved in what port a device.
I mean, how crappy that Europe uses a different power plug. I hate carrying adapters when I go to Europe. How come the government never forced Europe to change their power standards and plugs?
And, I guess now they can go after Telsa for now having the same power plug on their EVs.
Again, I'm for the change to USB-C (although, I'll have to buy new cables. That sucks). But, forcing companies at the government level is just lame. Sets the wrong precedent and opens the door for government to control design.
What if Apple develops a better interface than USB-C?
I mean, how crappy that Europe uses a different power plug. I hate carrying adapters when I go to Europe. How come the government never forced Europe to change their power standards and plugs?
And, I guess now they can go after Telsa for now having the same power plug on their EVs.
Again, I'm for the change to USB-C (although, I'll have to buy new cables. That sucks). But, forcing companies at the government level is just lame. Sets the wrong precedent and opens the door for government to control design.
What if Apple develops a better interface than USB-C?
You're free to switch to the international standard power plug and while you're at it, think about the metric system.
I think today Wi-Fi is much better. Years ago Wi-Fi was obviously slower and less reliable, so I'd use Ethernet when possible. But today I haven't hooked the ATVs or TVs to Ethernet because there are no Wi-Fi network issues
When you're old phone dies, you can still use the charger. Most chargers outlast the device they're sold with.