Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
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Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

Apple forced to ditch iPhone lightning charger::Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

  • Rootiest@lemm.eeEnglish
    142·
    1 year ago

    If they kept the 30-pin for another year or two they could have been one of the first with USB-C and it would have been good for two decades or more and we wouldn’t be having this discussion

    • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      Are you seriously complaining that they didn’t wait for a tech that hadn’t even been announced or released yet? Do they have a time machine or crystal balls now in Cupertino?

        • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          1 year ago

          Again, this was after Lightning was already designed, released, and had millions of accessories made for it. It doesn’t change the point at all.

          • HonytawkEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            You mean exactly like Micro USB? And Mini USB?

      • Rootiest@lemm.eeEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        If only they had the foresight to predict the needs of their customers a year or two in the future.

        Or maybe they just went with Lightning because they could take a cut of every product using their proprietary connector.

          • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            81·
            1 year ago

            Buddy, standard connectors are in the works way earlier than you think. Manufacturers know about the next standard ahead of time and often give feedback. It’s all on Apple wanting to sell you a proprietary connector so you can only buy from them, or you can’t switch phones to android and still use your accessories.

          • Rootiest@lemm.eeEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Apple literally contributed to the design of USB-C, it’s not as if they had no idea it existed or it was some sort of reactionary design in response to Lightning