$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device::Apple is selling developers a $300 USB-C dongle to connect the Apple Vision Pro to a Mac, but in this incarnation, it turns out to be no faster than Wi-Fi.

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    9 months ago

    The iPhone 15 pro is usb 3 and I believe current gen iPads are either usb 3 or thunderbolt

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      9 months ago

      The iPhone 15 pro is usb 3

      After the EU forced them to adopt USB C

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        9 months ago

        It’s not about USB C but about the USB version. Only their Pro models have USB 3 but the other ones have USB 2.

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          9 months ago

          The reason they have USB2 is because they are using the same motherboard as previous models. They just soldered the USB-c port to where their lightning port used to be.

          Meaning their lightning port was about as fast as USB2.

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          9 months ago

          USB 3 wasn’t an option whilst they were sticking with lightning, and if the EU hadn’t forced them they clearly wouldn’t have switched.

          The reason the new non-pro iPhones use USB 2 is because they still use the old chip which previously used lightning, and as such never had a reason to support USB 3.

          So I would say this is about the connector, even though you’re technically correct that the protocol is separate from the standard.

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      9 months ago

      Yes only the very top model. But get this. They shipped it with a USB 2.0 only cable. You know, just to stick the knife in a little bit anyway. Those guys sure know how to make a joke.

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        9 months ago

        The very top model is the Pro Max. Pro is the second top model, by price. But yeah…

        As a side note, the cable is actually really nice if usb 2 is fine. It’s super flexible and braided, all of my other braided cables are much more stiff. I would buy a longer one if they made one.