You’re complaining about the 16e having usb 2. You can solve that by buying an iPhone with usb 3. No iPhone has thunderbolt.
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Yep, and it’s a perfectly reasonable decision made by Apple to keep the price down.
If you’re taking a lot of videos you’re probably not buying the 16e. Not because of USB 2.0 but the lackluster camera that’s meant for people who just want to take pictures or family videos, but aren’t that serious about it.
Every company makes products for different purposes. What you’re asking for is available on the Pro models. Complaining about the iPhone 16 not having USB connectivity is like complaining that you can’t tow your 30’ RV with the new 2025 Toyota Corolla. People that buy a Toyota Corolla aren’t intending on towing an RV.
And even if you’re taking lots of videos, for the vast majority of people they are getting transferred wirelessly, making the physical connection speed a moot point.
My iPhone has usb 3. It never gets plugged in to transfer anything as it goes via iCloud.
I think people that are taking home videos of their family and stuff are sharing them wirelessly but I suspect professionals that are doing editing on a Mac are doing it wired. I suspect wired would still be faster and if you’re on a production deadline, speed is important.
Absolutely, but those people will have a usb 3 iPhone because it’s what will meet their needs.
Not every iPhone needs to have usb 3 as most people don’t need it.
Very true. The last iPhone I did anything other than charge with a USB cable was my iPhone 5. Before that it was with my iPod to transfer music. Now everything is wireless and I’ll never go back!
The latest Pro and Pro Max iPhones 15 and 16 seem to have at least 10 Gbps what is USB 3.1 Gen 2 or 3.2 Gen 2. That's at least double the speed than standard USB 3.0 with 5 Gbps.
I don't know the difference between 3.1 and 3.2 it has maybe to do with charging. Apple is writing only USB 3 and the speed.
I always was convinced my current iPhone had the current USB standard speed at least with my 6 and 6s Plus I thought they had 3.0. I did synching and backup via cable and wondered why it is so slow.
But then in 2016 the iPad Pro came and was the first USB 3.0 Lightning device. Before I never thought about it not beeing 3.0 for everything at least until 2013.
I was convinced again that every iPhone after that also has USB 3.0 and was very disappointed when I found out my expensive 8 Plus only had USB 2.0.
But then in 2016 the iPad Pro came and was the first USB 3.0 Lightning device. Before I never thought about it not beeing 3.0 for everything at least until 2013.
I was convinced again that every iPhone after that also has USB 3.0 and was very disappointed when I found out my expensive 8 Plus only had USB 2.0.