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.

    • ChickenBoo@lemmy.jnks.xyzEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      Are you sure it’s firmware or software limited?

      I assumed they just kept the lightning controller, which as you said had USB 2.0 speeds, and then hardwired a USB-C adapter into the phone/circuit board. So it’s a hardware limit.

    • Ocelot@lemmies.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      The non-pro iphone 15 uses a different processor (A16 vs A17) which doesn’t have the controller for 10gbps speeds. Its the processor from the iphone 14 pro.

      • hackitfast@lemmy.worldEnglish
        252·
        1 year ago

        The Pixel 2, which is 5 (almost 6!) years old, had better transfer speeds than this brand new $799 phone.

        It’s not even close, it’s the Pixel 2 with 1.5Gbps vs the iPhone with ~0.5Gbps.

        Apple’s software is good but they are an absolute trash company that routinely screws their blind customers.

        • lobutEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          An apropos of that, I was looking to buy a mac mini because it looks so affordable. However, if I want more storage or RAM, I’m screwed.

          I decided to buy a mini PC and installed mint. If I wanted the same amount of RAM it would have been like twice the price.

          • hquest123@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            I’m not defending apple (their upgrades are insane) but it’s not the same type of RAM. It’s a unified on chip memory that can be accessed way faster than ddr5.

            • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              Cost to performance apple products are very competitive. People often don’t account for quality when they compare these products.

      • hansl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        1 year ago

        The question isn’t if the chip is there, but whether the regulations require it to be there.

    • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      74·
      1 year ago

      That’s disgusting. Knowing for some that would be a dealbreaker to upgrade to the pro.

      • EddieTee77@lemdro.idEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        And thus they get extra money for the sale of the more expensive one. That’s the plan for why the cheaper model exists anyway

      • June@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Honestly I can’t imagine anyone that would care enough about hardwire transfer speeds more than raw performance. Imo, anyone that cares about those raw transfer speeds will already want the A17 Pro and wouldn’t settle for the A16 Bionic.

        • johnthedoe@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I think there’s high speed and standard speed. I’d understand more if the pro was thunderbolt and the non pro was usb 3. Going usb2 is way below standard speed in this day and age.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The 15 uses an older chip that was designed for iPhones with lighting cables limited to USB 2. So it’s unlikely the hardware is there for USB 3/4 speeds. But it’s not unfeasible to add a dedicated chip for faster USB speeds.

      Where as the pro model uses a new chipset. Designed for the 15 pro and likely the 16 non-pro. This has on due USB 3. It would be short sighted to not include it here.

      Both phones would have very fast WiFi, I imagine that’s the use case for 90%+ of users.