iPhone 15 must now get usb-c (and here’s why)
The bullet is through the church: Apple must now give the iPhone 15 USB-C. The EU has now given a definitive agreement, which is why all new electronic devices must have a USB-C connection by 2024.
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Update: Apple indirectly confirms USB-C on future iPhones
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Greg Joswiak of Apple, the senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, indirectly confirmed that the iPhone 15 will get a USB-C connection. According to Joswiak, the EU guidelines leave “no option but to abide by the rules.”
He did say that Apple does not agree with this decision. According to Joswiak, Apple offers users with its Lightning cables with separate USB-A or USB-C plugs enough options to choose the most practical charger. He also pointed to old plans by the EU to use the now outdated micro-USB connection as standard.
Anyway, Apple has just literally confirmed it, but assume that the iPhone 15 or iPhone SE 2023 will definitely come with a USB-c connection.
USB-C for all electronic devices in 2024
We recently wrote that the European Union had reached an agreement on a common charging port for all smartphones. All new electronic devices must have a USB-C connection by November 2024. The European Union gave its final approval to this law yesterday.
The law makes a USB-C port mandatory for a large number of consumer electronic devices, including the iPhone and AirPods. The law has now been officially adopted and will come into effect 20 days after publication. The rules will apply exactly 24 months after that date.
iPhone 15 usb-c
Although the rules will not apply until November 2024, it is likely that Apple will already make the switch to USB-C with the iPhone 15. We have been seeing USB-c ports on Macs since 2015, and Apple already switched from Lightning to USB-c on the iPad in 2018.
Both Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believe Apple is currently testing a version of the iPhone with USB-C instead of Lightning. Kuo thinks Apple is switching to USB-C from the iPhone 15 to have more time to switch the connection to other devices. Now that the law is final, it is also very likely that Apple will continue with it.
Wireless charging
The EU also has a similar goal for wireless charging, to prevent consumers from being tied to one particular technique and to reduce the amount of electronic waste. It’s not clear whether Apple’s MagSafe charging system for the iPhone and AirPods falls within that target. In 2018, the European Commission tried to achieve a definitive solution, but so far it has not been successful.
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