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iPhone 15's USB-C Port: 4.5W Charging for Accessories, USB 3.2 Gen 2 for Pro Models, and More
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Dunno if you have heard any of the reports of poor battery life and degrading battery health on the 14 Pro’s, but it’s worth a look.
Funny you mention this! I did take it back and they did replace it within 5 minutes. They could not have been nicer. Alas, the problem persists. I‘m ashamed to admit I’ve owned every iteration of the iPhone and the 14 Pro is by far my least favorite. Mostly due to overheating and poor battery life.
Looking forward to charging my Tesla from this phone.
I can see both sides of this argument. I don’t really see a rush to go to third parties to get the faster cable if most users don’t take advantage of the faster transfer speeds. And from what I understand since this is no longer a proprietary cable anybody can buy something cheap from Amazon if they need to. Also, I see that AirDrop would be more convenient than using the cable anyway. In the end, most users will benefit from just having one unified charging cable to charge all their devices. I think a lot of us like to have the pro device for other reasons like the camera and such. But let’s not all pretend that we are all videographers and photographers.
The goal is to reduce waste though. Apple had this ten minute or so segment about the environment in their keynote and now they include cables with their "Pro" phones that are much too slow for transferring videos.
Re overheating…
Seems you’ve been living with a faulty device. It should still be under warranty. Get it looked at, seriously. It could be a fire risk especially if it’s damaging the battery.
To (mis)quote Ricky Gervais: “nothing is beyond parody”
Apple are still in line for countless memes this year.
Switching to USBC and eventually removing the cable from the box will save a lot of waste.
I was saying don’t bring up the EU because the EU rules are irrelevant to USB data rates. They made the rules around a common plug, they didn’t make any rules about transfer rates.
The environment argument could go a lot of different ways. Maybe they don’t need a cable at all because people have the cables they need already. Maybe most people won’t use Superspeed USB so it’s extra copper going to waste to include it (You need more wires to implement Superspeed USB).
Looking at my iPhone 14 Pro’s absolutely atrocious battery life, reverse charging would be a complete joke. The iPhone 15 Pro would have to fair a lot better in real life for this to have any meaning.
Only if you need one. And most people don’t. So it fits perfectly with the environmental theme. More people actually need a USB-C charging brick than those that need a 10Gbps cable.
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This is Apple we’re talking about. Last year they sold 220+M iPhones. If half that amount ends up being iPhone 15 over the course of a year, that $5 is an extra half billion dollars/yr in wasted cost. Tim ain’t having all that!!
exactly. the iphone i have coming friday costs $1,622.38
the people who run apple are pure and total puke garbage.
Shouldn’t you guys be over complaining in the 2021 iPad Pro thread too? Those things have supported Thunderbolt for years, yet still come with the same USB 2.0 cable as iPhone 15.
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I see you’re expressing your support by voting with your wallet.
100% include a cable that requires more material when the company is trying to lessen their carbon footprint. 99% of those cables will not use that functionality. Yes Apple is cheeky in some ways absolutely, this though isn’t one.
I love how everyone suddenly is an environmental expert, besides not having any data 
USB 3 cables are thicker, heavier, less flexible and more expensive. And most people are not going to use them for anything beyond charging.
Apple was talking half of the presentation about environment and cero emissions and yet you have to buy a second cable
No you don’t, because you’re not gonna need it, for the majority.
USB 3 cables are thicker, heavier, less flexible and more expensive. And most people are not going to use them for anything beyond charging.
Having an opinion that happens to align with someone else, isn’t making excuses. Power bricks can’t be included due to EU legislation.
Apple was talking half of the presentation about environment and cero emissions and yet you have to buy a second cable
No you don’t, because you’re not gonna need it, for the majority.
See above.
It seems that YOU don’t understand the EU law with is about charging.
And it will.
Watches and AirPods cases have really small batteries, around 300-500mAh. iPhone batteries are 3000-4000mAh.
To get enough charge into my AirPods for a full charge giving 5hrs of listening needs around 100mAh, that's less that half a watt hour.
Those little 5W apple chargers use about 4Whr of power a day, with nothing plugged in.
Yeah, I agree it is strange. It should at least be very clear that is the case, even if the cable included will be fine for most users.