![]() ![]() (Sidenote: Can you really call a phone 'Pro' without USB-C?) At today's event, it announced that it's packaging a new 18W USB-C fast-charger with its iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max phones. That's been the case since the iPhone 8.Īpple is fixing this, kind of. You just need a USB-C charger (sold separately) and a USB-C to lightning cable (sold separately). Yes, you can charge your phone faster with a 12W brick, but even faster charge speeds are possible. That's meant, for the last few years, you've been losing out on what recent iPhones are capable of. Despite increases in power and battery capacity, it's been unchanged since the first iPhone. A single iPhone cable gets around that and keeps a better handle on defective unverified cables that could do more damage to your sometimes thousand-dollar phone.īut back to the weedy 5W charger that came with your new iPhone. ![]() USB-C compatibility with Thunderbolt, data speeds and how it deals with charging remains opaque and confusing. Probably not, but with Lightning, Apple can tweak its own cable standards for new technologies and features immediately, without being at the whims of industry standards and agreements. Maybe it's the aesthetics then? Maybe USB-C is too big? If companies are, wait, have killed off the headphone socket on phones, every millimeter must be crucial - and yes USB-C is ever-so-slightly thicker. But given sluggish wireless charging speeds (still), the portless iPhone is still a few years away. ![]() Having a wireless phone charger is a nice luxury - I lead a luxurious life and have one in the office and one by my bedside. It might be holding onto Lightning until it can make its phones entirely wireless. Then there was the headphone jack, and USB Type-A on Macs, and the rest. It killed its old 30-pin dock connector back on September 12th, 2012. But then, Apple has taken similar plunges before. Think of all the Lightning accessories and charging docks, even its own aforementioned lightning headphones (and the more expensive third-party ones) - everyone will need to buy new ones. However, Apple has stuck doggedly to the Lightning port for its iPhones - and it has some reasons to do so. Obviously, the EU’s one-charger-for-all approach is an attempt to mitigate these staggering e-waste stats, but Apple doesn’t seem to agree.We know Apple doesn't hate USB-C - it's the port on the latest iPad Pro and the company also worked to develop the USB-C standard years ago for use on its Macs. The UNU reports that the world discarded 53.6 million tons of e-waste in 2019, and only 17.4% of that amount was recycled. Related: Why Does the EU Want to Force iPhones to Have USB-C Ports? Because devices use different ports, the average consumer must own multiple chargers, which is not only inconvenient but also increases the amount of e-waste each person generates. ![]() According to the EU, the variety of chargers on the market poses a potential environmental risk. The European Commission revealed a proposal in a September 2021 press release that would require smartphone manufacturers to use a standardized USB-C charging port on all devices. Why Apple Won’t Add USB-C Ports to iPhonesīefore we delve into Apple’s reasons for not switching to USB-C on iPhones, let’s briefly highlight the EU’s proposal and its motivation. Why is Apple choosing to stick with the Lightning port? Would a USB-C iPhone be such a bad thing? Let’s find out. ![]()
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