![]() ![]() After all, with the cable that is bundled with the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max, you can charge your iPhone from a MacBook as well as the charging plug in the box.Īpple is not against USB-C. That way, before you know it, you’ll have all the USB-C cables you need.Īnd the shift to chargers with USB-C connectors will move faster. Like the other iPad models, wireless iMac mouse and so on. My guess is that Apple will slowly switch other devices before the iPhone. That change, if it does come, will be a bigger disruption to the ecosystem. Now, there are literally billions of iDevices with Lightning. Obviously, Apple has not confirmed this idea.īut how about the environmental benefits?īack in 2012, there were tens of millions of Apple devices with the 30-pin connector. If it was, by the time the ban arrived, the new phones would be out. All the rumors and leaks for the 2020 iPhone suggest a phone that’s slimmer than current models, so it’s possible there won’t be space this year.Ĭertainly, the fact that Apple is eager to fight this mandatory change tells me that USB-C will not be coming to all the iPhones released this year. So, Apple won’t switch to USB-C for iPhones? Updated: New Samsung Deals By David Phelan MORE FROM FORBES iPhone 11 To Samsung Galaxy Note 10, The 7 Best Smartphones Right Now. and another for the huge market that is Europe requires extra research and, therefore, higher costs. Even other features like water-resistance have to be thought out again. A smaller socket can mean more room for acoustic performance and stereo speakers, for instance. The thinner, smaller connector takes less space away from the battery or other items. If you want to build in a three-camera unit such as on the iPhone 11 Pro models, you have to move stuff around to accommodate. Remember, Apple got rid of the headphone jack in part to allow it to make its iPhones thinner.Īnd phones are so complex now, moving one element has knock-on effects elsewhere. This is important when you’re trying to create a super-slim device like a phone. But if you compare the Lightning and USB-C connectors, you’ll see that Lightning is thinner, USB-C is thicker and wider. ![]() Oh, and the charging plug that comes with the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max has a USB-C socket on it, because that helps with fast charging. Apple’s made the switch there because of the capabilities USB-C offers, such as being compatible with attaching external displays, for instance. All the current Mac laptops use USB-C, so does the iPad Pro. Well, for some products, Apple has already switched. So, why doesn’t Apple switch to USB-C? Wouldn’t that make it easier for everyone? Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images The iPad Pro and Mac laptop range all use USB-C. That is not part of the USB-C specifications. With an iPhone 11 Pro, for instance, if you connect through a cable, it can trigger an external flash accessory for photographers. Others include bi-directional power delivery, for instance. This is one of the ways Lightning came to influence USB-C, by the way. With Lightning, that was a thing of the past, it fitted first time. First, because it won’t fit, second because it really won’t fit and third because I had it right first time, after all. For USB-A, for instance, I always calculate I need to put it in three times. ![]() And it never felt the odds were that good. Before, with most connectors, you had a 50/50 chance of putting the cable into the device the right way up. True, a dinky adaptor was available but, unquestionably, it was an inconvenience.Īs the years passed, we got to see how much better Lightning turned out to be.įor instance – and for me this is still one of those moments where you think, “Why didn’t they think of this years ago?” – it went in either way up. Suddenly, the spare cables they had from previous devices weren’t usable on their brand new iPhone 5, for instance. If you’re a long-term iPhone user, you may remember the moment in 2012 when Apple replaced the 30-pin connector found on early iPods, the first four iPhones and the iPad and iPad 2 with a new, slimmer connector. ![]()
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