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iPhone 15 USB-C Cables Again Said to Be Limited to USB 2.0 Transfer Speeds
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You're ignoring practically all the people blaming Apple in this thread. Nice.
A new iPhone every year, a new android every (3mths?) is absolutely increasing e-waste and anyone's saying nothing.
I have USB-c (ipad), lightning (iphone and airpods) and micro-usb devices at home. EU wants you to have just one way of charging and not just for phones but for speakers, radios, whatever electronic stuff...
Probably you're right, and that policies will generate more waste at first but at least we can have just 1 cable for all.
If we want to stop the waste, we'll have to stop buying stuff because "it comes with a new hat"
USB-C 2.0 cables are fine if the port is 2.0 speed. No reason to include a cable that has higher spec.
2.0 speed is fine on the non pro these people really aren’t tech snobs those who are would not even consider a non-pro model
2.0 speed is fine on the non pro these people really aren’t tech snobs those who are would not even consider a non-pro model
Actually all premium smartphone over 1000 bucks have usb2.0 cable, on usb 3.1 port.
Do you know a flagship smartphone with a usb 3.1 cable in the box?
not requiring minimum 3.0/100W cables would reduce ewaste.
stop making new iPhones every year isn't something that's feasible.
It definitely is, to some point. Totally free market is not a thing (in the EU). Whether it's a good or bad thing is and will be polarising subject.
Just wanted to state 100% agree. Longterm, this will have better consequences for the environment and convenience; it's adopting a (hopefully) global standard.
To your other point: also 100%. We don't need the latest and greatest tech every year. I went from updating annually when iPhones could be jailbroken and unlocked and sold online for $400-600, sometimes more, then bought a new one breaking even or with profit (this was when iPhones were advancing at a warranted pace).
Yet the tech hasn't been compelling enough to warrant updating so often. These devices are so powerful they should last 2-3 years easily. It's the spending that is the primary issue (and I know I do not speak for everyone, some people use their devices for different reasons and camera and other improvements make a difference but the average consumer is the major issue).
Yes. It will take a lot of courage for the person at Apple who will need to announce this spec in the keynote. I'd be personally too ashamed to do it.
People here maybe don't know that higher speed uses more power. Power has a cascading effect all over the phone, from the size of internal parts to cooling
It also adds more to the cost of the phone. Would you pay more for a faster USB-C port?
Maybe Apple got it right and put the faster speed only on phones that would actually be used to shoot a lot of video, are large enough to hold a larger battery and are sold to people who don't care some much what it costs.
It also adds more to the cost of the phone. Would you pay more for a faster USB-C port?
Maybe Apple got it right and put the faster speed only on phones that would actually be used to shoot a lot of video, are large enough to hold a larger battery and are sold to people who don't care some much what it costs.
Putting your Android-whataboutism aside for a moment, why shouldn't customers be outraged at Apple cheaping out on data transfer speeds? In the grand scheme of things is it a big issue? I would argue no but to say it's just for clicks isn't accurate
Personally, I just bought a few USB4 cables and keep them around anytime I need a cable for data transfer of any kind. I got tired of dealing with compatibility hell and just invested in cables that could do it all.
They're too expensive to replace everything else with them. The rest of my cables are just used for charging only, and I have a whole stack of them by now.
Having a cable that is less spec than the port in my opinion is dirty. It should at least meet the spec of the port, but I don’t expect it to exceed the port spec.
If a monitor has a specific HDMI and displayport spec, I expect the included cables to meet that at the minimum
But Apple cables are usually trash so I will end up getting a high spec cable for my 15 promax anyway because I need more than one
This.
It took 5 pages of
USB C cables have 1 pair of wires dedicated to USB 2.0 and need another 4 pairs of wires to carry USB 3 as well. Fast charging cables need thicker wires to carry the power, so dumping 8 wires (or maybe using them in parallel to carry power) makes sense.
When I've done my lightning timelapses they've been 15-20GB in size. In the city yeah uploading over LTE is ehh on T-Mobile. But 5G is not so bad. But when traveling through rural areas and back into good signal areas back and forth iPhone doesn't resume correctly when backing up have to keep manually restarting it.
It's enough for me but it shouldn't be enough for Apple. That's not even pocket change. If you're Apple $2.3 million is what you find underneath a seat cushion when you're cleaning out the couch.