The European Union he got his way and forced Manzana include the USB-C port in all of its smartphones by 2024. This will put an end to a distinctive feature of the i phonelike the Lightning connector, as recognized by a high-ranking source from the Californian company.
Greg JoswiakApple’s senior vice president of global marketing recently acknowledged this they must take a new direction with the charging port of his stellar cellphone, according to a recent interview with The Wall Street newspaper.
“Governments can do what they are about to do and obviously we will have to stick to it, we have no choiceHe said of the ruling.
He added: “We think the approach would have been better for the environment and better for our customers by not having such a prescriptive government.”
Which will be the first iPhone with a USB-C connector
It is the first time that a top Apple executive has publicly admitted that the iPhone must include the USB-C connector by 2024. it will probably make its debut with the iPhone 16.
But it’s unclear whether the company will stubbornly keep its Lightning connector in its models out of the European Union orbit, after recently celebrating ten years of its premiere.
For Apple it would not be an exaggeration to have versions of the iPhone with different features distributed around the world. For example, the iPhone 14 that is currently sold in the USA will not be the same one that arrives in Argentina, since in North America it is marketed with the eSIMwhile all other national versions of phones still have the physical card tray.
While Apple insists on using lighting in its range of iPhones, the rest of its products, including most iPads, have adopted the USB-C port, technically far superior.
“It was a great connector and more than a billion people already have it, they have cables, they have what they need, they have all the infrastructure in their homes, they have speakers that work with it,” complained Joswiak.
While Apple promotes a huge boost in transfer speeds (around 5Gbps) when it switched from Lightning to USB-C on its iPad mini, market analysts agree it’s odd that they denied increasing their profits by moving this technology. on iPhone, AirPods and iPad.
Another possibility is that Apple simply doesn’t include any kind of port to its iPhones, as they can be charged wirelessly, and newer models have the MagSafe magnetic system for wireless charging with various accessories.
But this is unlikely to happen until data transfer can be done wirelessly or when wireless charging speeds are as fast as wired speeds.
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Source: Clarin
