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iOS 13 May Allow Users to Transfer Data Between Two iPhones Over a Direct Wired Connection

dz5b609 said:
But why? What's the upside compared to AirDrop.
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Presumably speed? Perhaps you can mount the local file system from one device in the files.app on the other? Perhaps it’s only intended for migrating from one device to another?
 
This article says you can currently transfer data wirelessly from one phone to another. This is not true. You can backup and restore from iCloud and iTunes, but no direct transfer option is available for iPhone.
 
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I'm all about more options even if I don't see myself using them. For those saying we " need" a new wire, I find that unlikely. This is likely a faster way to move data. Think something like buying a new phone. You link the two, tap the migration assistant, and your old phone is wiped and the new phone has everything your old phone did in a matter of minutes.
 
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EldonChew said:
Might this be then 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
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This is already available via the Camera Kit and a Lightning Cable... it's usually only used to move large numbers of photos, but it's fast. there'd be no need for something custom, just an update in the OS to allow direct transfer instead of restoring via the current process. The USB-C Multiport adapter should be able to do the same thing if a device has USB-C.
 
Veinticinco said:
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.
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You know they are going to charge for it. They know there's a market for it, and there's more than enough suckers out there who will pay for it. Win win for Apple!
 
HacKage said:
2019 iPhone having USB-C is the only logical explanation with there already being USB-C to Lightning cables available, and almost all other products in the range using USB-C.

That being said, this is Apple, and a Lightning OTG dongle is probably what they will release and continue to sell a new iPhone that can't be plugged into a new MacBook Pro without a dongle.
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It's more likely they'll start including a Lightning to USB-C instead of Lightning to USB-A in the box. Not the same as native USB-C, but at least it solves this problem of not being able to connect to the current model MacBook Pro out of the box.
 
Lightning needs to die already.

Really, it should never have existed in the first place. Micro USB isn't great, but it's still better than Lightning. And now that USB-C exists there is ZERO excuse for Apple to keep using that idiotic proprietary connector.
 
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This will be a great feature for people who dont have their phones backed up when they're at the apple store buying a new phone. I've seen so many people at the Apple store waiting for their phone to upload to icloud so that they can leave with their new phone.
 
Like the TI-83s of old. :rolleyes:

But honestly, anything that adds extra functionality for some (without taking away any from the rest) is a-ok in my book.
 
My least favorite part about upgrading is having to redownload all of the songs I've downloaded to my phone from Apple Music. I don't want EVERY song downloaded, so it takes me hours to go through all of my Apple Music to decide what I actually want to download again. I get ZERO reception in my office so I can only listen to the music that I have downloaded on the phone.

Any chance this might fix this?
 
They will probably replace the Lightning port with a USB-C port in this year's iPhones, then. They already have a Lightning to USB-C cable so you'll be able to transfer data over a wire from your old iPhone to the new one. Going forward, once you have two 2019 or newer iPhones, you can just use any USB-C to USB-C cable, which are readily available. That makes more sense than Apple developing a Lightning to Lightning cable specifically for this purpose.
 
Wow! We'll be able to use a wire to copy files from one computer to another! Apple is reinventing the tech as we know it.
 
This looks like a really great feature for those spies who sneak into the target's study to transfer out his data while the spy's hot colleague keeps the target distracted and the underscore cues us to worry that time is about to run out.
 
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Victor Mortimer said:
Lightning needs to die already.

Really, it should never have existed in the first place. Micro USB isn't great, but it's still better than Lightning. And now that USB-C exists there is ZERO excuse for Apple to keep using that idiotic proprietary connector.
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That’s ridiculous. Micro USB is worse than lightning in nearly every way.
 
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avanpelt said:
They will probably replace the Lightning port with a USB-C port in this year's iPhones, then. They already have a Lightning to USB-C cable so you'll be able to transfer data over a wire from your old iPhone to the new one. Going forward, once you have two 2019 or newer iPhones, you can just use any USB-C to USB-C cable, which are readily available. That makes more sense than Apple developing a Lightning to Lightning cable specifically for this purpose.
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No USB-C this year.

CAD design(NEVER been false) for this year's iPhone just leaked https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/01/alleged-2019-iphone-cad-images-surface/

Here's the CAD leak for the iPhone X in May 2017 https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/10/iphone-8-cad-renders-images/)
 
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