iPhone X Modded With USB-C Port Listed on eBay With Bids Topping $99,000

[Lounge vibes 05]

Truly hoping for a usb-c connector on the next iPhone. So ridiculous to keep that lightning port when almost everything is usb-c. Apple could have done us the favour years ago. Been traveling the world with a usb-c Mac for already five years and still have a silly lightning cable for the iPhone alone…

Spoiler alert: the next iPhone will still have lightning.
If Apple truly had USB-C iPhones planned, they would have already done it in either the iPhone 7, which already ticked people off by removing a port so why not change another one, or the iPhone X, which already had enough changes and was a big enough upgrade to justify changing the port.
but they didn’t, that ship sailed, and you’re going to see the port gone before it’s replaced.
it’s kind of sad really, if the USB commission could’ve gotten their act together and ditched micro USB in 2012, I highly doubt lightning would have ever been a thing.
they just hung onto micro USB for way, way too long, and Apple wasn’t going to wait.

 

[GumaRodak]

Well, isnt the dongle cheaper?

 

[BvizioN]

I'm pretty sure the top bidder will try to back out after they win. It's probably a throwaway account with zero feedback.

There is a preference setting on eBay to block bids from people with zero or low transaction history. I would be surprised if a guy who puts a USB-c on an iPhone is not aware if it.

 

[McScooby]

So $85k or zero when a software update bricks it, bargain!

 

[mrat93]

Apple's failure to put USB C in the iPhone 5 years after they made it the only option in their portables is bizarre.

It’s the reason I can’t consider an iPad Air for my mom. I know she’ll never Get used to two different cables. If only there were a standard…

 

[Art Mark]

If they do that… I wonder how much ? profit they are going to lose. At the end of the day it’s all about money.

What? They 'lose money' with USB-C? That makes no sense. The reason for the slow transition is all about security issues as I understand it.

 

[Skewlovevism]

He needs to sell it for more than that, just to have enough money for his future bail out

I mean, Apple will probably roast him for that. Sorry, there was not supposed to be a smily face, but sad face, in my previous post

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

It started at $1.00, and is now $85,100?!?!

Huzzah!!!

Wow!!!

Whether the winner actually pays that is possibly unlikely, but still, 1 to 85,100? Wow...

 

[MacLoveMacHate]

I really hope these bids are legit—would be a great way to help with this guy's tuition

 

[Smigit]

$85,000 for a measly 64GB.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

What? They 'lose money' with USB-C? That makes no sense. The reason for the slow transition is all about security issues as I understand it.

The same security issue can be introduce and implement with USB C

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

$85,000 for a measly 64GB.

It could have been a 512GB 😅

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

What? They 'lose money' with USB-C? That makes no sense. The reason for the slow transition is all about security issues as I understand it.

It’s not about security issues, or else they wouldn’t have changed the iPad mini, air, or Pro, which run the same OS as the iPhone, over to USB-C.
it really is about:
A: Money
B: because outside of the obvious improvement in functionality, USB-C is a much less Sturdy port.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I mean, Apple will probably roast him for that. Sorry, there was not supposed to be a smily face, but sad face, in my previous post

Why would Apple care?

 

[UltimateSyn]

Uh oh… don’t give Tim any ideas!

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Uh oh… don’t give Tim any ideas!

No, he needs to know. Or else we are going to end up with something like Apple swatch 7. Very incremental release.

 

[Abazigal]

Can Apple just create a Lightning to USB-C adapter so I don’t need to carry two cables whenever I travel? I’m not sure why they had one for micro USB but not USB-C.

There are charging cables with built in adaptors for other ports.

 

[UltimateSyn]

No, he needs to know. Or else we are going to end up with something like Apple swatch 7. Very incremental release.

I mean don’t give him the idea of charging $85,000 for the next iPhone!

 

[vseera]

Well now that Apple know they can charge $85,000 for a USB-C iPhone, I expect to see USB-C iPhones next year )

 

[Skewlovevism]

Why would Apple care?

Not 100% sure, but it might be illegal to mod and sell.

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

Spoiler alert: the next iPhone will still have lightning.
If Apple truly had USB-C iPhones planned, they would have already done it in either the iPhone 7, which already ticked people off by removing a port so why not change another one, or the iPhone X, which already had enough changes and was a big enough upgrade to justify changing the port.
but they didn’t, that ship sailed, and you’re going to see the port gone before it’s replaced.
it’s kind of sad really, if the USB commission could’ve gotten their act together and ditched micro USB in 2012, I highly doubt lightning would have ever been a thing.
they just hung onto micro USB for way, way too long, and Apple wasn’t going to wait.

Yep! micro USB is and always was total garbage. And I still have a million little cheap devices laying around that still need it, so I think we're going to be stuck with it for a very long time. And truth be told, I prefer the physical plug of lightning better than usb-c.... obviously usb-c has technical advantages, but the plug itself is inferior to lightning, imo.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Not 100% sure, but it might be illegal to mod and sell.

Again, why would Apple care. Illegal? How?

 

[mrat93]

There are charging cables with built in adaptors for other ports.

There’s not a single functional adapter out there that turns Lightning to USB-C or vice versa while retaining fast charging capabilities. This won’t exist until Apple allows it.

 

[Born2Run]

For people complaining that it’s expensive, please don’t forget that iPhone X comes with a charger

"The winning bidder will receive the iPhone X with 64GB of storage in its box, without any accessories included"

 

[Robert.Walter]

Oh Apple can do it but he definitely proved Apple wrong. Perhaps, Apple should hire him and have him work with the iPhone team. But he did something Apple has been scared of doing?

Apple’s not scared or incapable.

USBC just isn’t in the roadmap for this point in time because they aren’t required to do it, it’s not a competitive disadvantage and it doesn’t yet serve their purposes to change it.