By reusing the billions of perfectly functional lightning cables until the iPhone goes portless.
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iPhone 15 USB-C Cables Again Said to Be Limited to USB 2.0 Transfer Speeds
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I said "if". You didn't really answer the question.
Never stated it did. You're putting words in my mouth. Please reread what I've said carefully.
No need. I'm well aware of what EU stated as the reason. I actually read it. No need for an explainer. I stand by what I said.
which one is coming in a couple of years? https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/15/iphone-16-pro-wifi-7-48mp-ultra-wide-rumors/
if you thought the primary medium for AirDrop is cellular (which isn't even a thing yet until iOS17 comes out), clearly you're not understanding what AirDrop is.
The new phones were coming with cables anyway, the only difference is the connector, which is now a universal standard.
You could state your case better with appliances equipped with lightning, if those still exist. I remember having a perfectly functional 30 pin speaker that is now useless. Well, not really, it has a line-in.
I’m sure the masses are scrambling to plug in their phones as quickly as possible 🙄
Did you see this in your magic glass or had some funny substance added to your tea?
Also, unless you can prove otherwise, they are just executing our votes. Everyone I know is for this, and I live in the EU. Even you living here and not being affiliated with the social media squad wouldn‘t change the fact that people here want this. And this is just about our region. You don‘t get to decide what we do here.
Can you show the data of your magic numbers or is this just you trying to sound knowledgeable while in fact you don‘t possess the knowledge behind such statements?
You are mixing up connectors while also adding your prophecy/conspiracy that here in the EU we would stick to an unfeasible format. Newsflash: We don‘t. Actually, the EU is supporting tech developments in largely every division in many ways.
It is barely understandable why you have such gripes with the EU. The EU regulated the form factor but left it to manufacturers how to deal with data. Apple cheaped down on the cable front thus being the sole perpetrator to e-waste. Would they not have done that and, e. g., taken USB 4.0 instead of Thunderbolt, everyone would have been able to use that cable and their port to its maximum potential, no matter the brand.
Apple‘s use of Thunderbolt is the indirect continuation of MFI.
Not really. It's easy to imagine Apple removing the lightning cable from the box soon just like they did with headphones and charging bricks. And people can decide to buy a lightning cable or buy MagSafe which will eventually be used for portless iPhone.
Now they can't realistically do it since most iPhone customers probably don't have a spare usb-c lying around.
And that's what annoys me. One of the main bullet points for 5GUW was it wouldn't be affected by user density, but every real world scenario where there has been user density it was much slower.
Thank you, I guess we'll just have ro see whar hapoens
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All iPhone 15 models this year are expected to adopt USB-C ports for the first time, and while USB-C has several advantages over Lightning, another rumor today suggests that Apple's standard iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models are unlikely to enjoy any increase in data transfer speeds following the transition.
According to leaker Majin Bu, who has previously shared details about Apple's new cables, the USB-C cables supplied in iPhone 15 boxes are indeed limited to USB 2.0 data transfer speeds at a rate of 480 MBps, which is the same as Lightning.
In contrast, rumors converge on both iPhone 15 Pro models supporting higher USB-C transfer speeds. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 15 Pro models will support "at least" USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3. For comparison, the iPad Pro features a Thunderbolt port for transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps, while the entry-level iPad’s USB-C port is limited to just 480 Mbps.
With the higher-specification data transfer speed, iPhone 15 Pro models will therefore be able to transfer video and other file types much more quickly than the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.
Each iPhone 15 will include a braided USB-C charging cable in the box that is thicker (i.e. more durable) and 50% longer than the Lightning cable that comes with current iPhone models, according to reports. The cables are also rumored to be color-matched to possible new iPhone colors, coming in at least black, white, yellow, blue, and orange.
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Yup...
"Courage"
Also
"Can't innovate anyone my ass!"
Those were the promises of millimeter wave, but you pretty much have to have a line of sight to the tower to get a good signal. It hasn't really been practical to roll out over large areas, so the 5G protocol has mostly been rolled out over existing midband spectrum instead.
Over midband, it isn't really a huge game changer over LTE.
Yes. Thunderbolt speeds will be a feature for the Pro models, but the only reason that would matter is people doing production work. The vast, vast, vast majority of users plug in for a charge and that’s it. You don’t need to plug in to sync (if you’re even doing that in the age of streaming everything).
I don’t think differentiating products based on *workflow* is anything if remotely call “gimping” a product.
Apple put USB-C on the iPads back in 2018, long before this EU mandate; it's apparent they didn't plan on creating a new connector.
That's certainly possible. Or they were planning to push iPads more towards laptop standards. Or they were aware of the EU plans. Or they didn't have a better solution ready yet.
The sources say that MFI fees can be up to half to price of a cable, not 50% of Apple's revenue.
Taking away a feature that has no cost associated with it... what do you call it if it's not gimping?
You’re assuming that everyone already has a multitude of USB products, I don’t. I have a few, but not enough to support this nonsense. Still going to have to buy a multitude of new charging cables. Kind of defeating the point.
That is actually false. The latest stats actually show that more are switching to Apple.
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Like I said, product differentiation. You’re also assuming that something is being taken away instead of a thunderbolt controller being added to the high end.