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iPad Air is often used for productivity, such as connecting an external monitor with USB-C power delivery. Most people won't use iPhone that way.
This is related to the Apple Pencil. The entry iPad does not have the modern flat-sided design. So the 2nd generation Apple Pencil cannot be supported for magnetic attachment and inductive charging. So the entry iPad can only support the 1st generation Apple Pencil. So it needs a lightning port.
usb c is dead in the water when it comes to iPhones. ?
iPhones will be going port less in the future.
How else is apple going to get you to spend $300 on their AirPower wireless charging mat. ???
iPhones will be going port less in the future.
How else is apple going to get you to spend $300 on their AirPower wireless charging mat. ???
It is other end of cable that concerns me - like most I have many many power cubes that plug in and the cable plugs into it from the phone - as well as for CarPlay etc. Hotels, airplanes, building have USB-A power connections. If the other end of the USB-C is USB-C or? not USB-A then people will have to buy new power and bringing cables to connect to the rest of the world. If only C at one end then I'll only have to buy a few new cables.
You can get USB-C to A converters that just plug in to the end of the cable. They could even ship with one
Or just use your existing USB-A to Lightning cable with your USB-A power adapter and leave the new USB-C to Lightning cable that came with your iPhone 12 in the box. Pretty simple.
It's long beyond the time to move past USB-A. Time to bite the bullet and move everything to C and we'll have a better universal standard for the next 25 years.
The iPhone will go portless. The iPad won’t.
That’s the reason why Apple is moving to USB-C on the iPad, but not on the iPhone.
That’s the reason why Apple is moving to USB-C on the iPad, but not on the iPhone.
Not that I disagree but it taken so long for places to put charging stations in how long will it take to replace them with C ports. I go to 2 different gyms and both have equipment with the old large iPhone connectors.
I suspect that USB-C won't last 5 years as a standard before -D or something else appears. Nothing lasts 25 years anymore
Even if the iPhone is eventually going portless there’s still no excuse for not using USB-C in the interim few years. It will be a real disgrace if they continue to lumber us with Lightning. I would like to be able to charge my iPhone and iPad with the same cable.