It wouldn't be that, that would require a new cable to be made and sold for something not many would even do. This really shows USB-C to Lightning. So USB-C iPhone is coming likely.
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iOS 13 May Allow Users to Transfer Data Between Two iPhones Over a Direct Wired Connection
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It wouldn't be that, that would require a new cable to be made and sold for something not many would even do. This really shows USB-C to Lightning. So USB-C iPhone is coming likely.
Slow. Unstable. Near impossible to transfer large number of files or big files.
These are enough to justify the wired option.
Or it might be a special lightning-to-lightning + power adapter kit that's only available to Apple Store for Genius to quickly help new customers setup their iPhones
The CAD design for this year's iPhone is already out and locked in months ago.. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/01/alleged-2019-iphone-cad-images-surface/
No USB-C this year.
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Which is more likely?
Special USB kit adapter for Apple Stores to help customers setup their new iPhones or the CAD leaks being fake(not once) and USB C iPhone this year?
This is alternative to reverse charging actually i think.
You can charge your iPhone from another iPhone, but still use it.
Remember the last time everyone complained that the lightning to headphone jack dongle would cost upwards to $60 for the iPhone 7?
Then it turned out to be $5.
Oh it would be so great if Apple phased out Lightning and used USB C on everything.
I think this may be just tools used for Apple to help customer upgrading their iPhone. Lightning to Lightning Cable.
But the Lightning Controller used in all current iPhone are limited to USB 2.0 Speed, in real life that is less than 50MB/s. Copying 50GB would take 16min, and given the amount of small files involves it is more like 30min.
USB4 specification will be out by end of this year. It makes more sense for iPhone to use Subset of that, which requires USB-C.
But the Lightning Controller used in all current iPhone are limited to USB 2.0 Speed, in real life that is less than 50MB/s. Copying 50GB would take 16min, and given the amount of small files involves it is more like 30min.
USB4 specification will be out by end of this year. It makes more sense for iPhone to use Subset of that, which requires USB-C.
iOS 13 is everything iOS 8 should have been.
If only courage was used in the right direction.
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I hope you are being sarcastic.
If only courage was used in the right direction.
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I hope you are being sarcastic.
About time. Got stuck at an apple store for two hours waiting for my new phone to update from iCloud.
Use wired or wireless when appropriate. For copying large amounts of data, I'd rather use wired if possible. It's just faster.
"Oh and one more thing... Apple is introducing the iWire. It's a connection between two iPhones using--get this-- a WIRE. Transfer speeds are faster than ever. We think it's fabulous, and you're just going to love it. And that's the iWire."
The idea they would only keep Lightning is for licence revenue stream proves that they only care about profit and not the customer. If it took stupidity to remove the 3.5 mm port, maybe they can have courage and nix lightning already.
Which is already in use (and being offered) as of 2 weeks ago. Whatever, it’s an unexpected positive step forward, especially after they killed off Target Disk Mode for Macs.
Even if Apple only “cares” about revenue I’m still buying their products. What you decide or call how Apple acts is irrelevant to what products I want to buy. And judging from the $51b last quarter, I’m in good company.
As for the cable, it should be bundled with the 2019 iPhones just like the lightning to audio jack adapter was previously. Charging for this thing? Yeah good luck with that.
Lightning is better than usb-c. It’s smaller, it doesn’t loosen over time, and nobody needs super high throughput for a phone. The idea they would only keep lightning for license revenue is a paranoid delusion you have pulled out of thin air. They’d actually make more money if they switched to usb-c, since most people would replace their immense collection of lightning cables and usb-a bricks with apple-branded usb-c bricks and cables.
On a semi-related note, you know how encrypted iTunes backups will carry over all the health and activity data, but an unencrypted iTunes backup won’t? Does the iOS 11+ wireless setup from old iPhone to new iPhone carry over the health and activity data?
About time. If it's USB-C this a much faster way to set up a phone vs iCloud backup.
I hope they don't go to USB-C on the mobile devices anytime soon. At this moment, on my desk I have 2 iPhones, 1 iPad, a Magic Trackpad, and a wireless keyboard, all of which use Lightning cables for charging. I'm happy to keep it that way.