USB-C Interface Will Be Abandoned Starting From iPhone 16 Series
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USB-C Interface Will Be Abandoned Starting From iPhone 16 Series

For a few many years, Apple (and its companions) has been being profitable by promoting equipment and peripherals which can be suitable with Apple merchandise solely. This was an actual headache for common prospects. However for Apple and its followers, it was the best way they differ from “mortal males”. As you recognize, just lately, the European Union has formally introduced the unification of chargers. By the tip of 2024, all smartphones together with the iPhones ought to assist charging by USB-C.

The brand new settlement touches many digital units, equivalent to cellphones, tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld videogame consoles, and transportable audio system rechargeable through a wired cable, keyboards, laptop mice, and transportable navigation units.

Switching To USB-C Will Begin With iPhone 15 Professional

On this regard, the whistleblower @LeaksApplePro mentioned that Apple will attempt to use the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 sequence. Amongst varied fashions within the lineup, the iPhone 15 Professional will use the USB-C port. Whereas the iPhone 15 will proceed to make use of the Lightning port. The iPhone 16 will use the USB-C port. Furthermore, the iPhone 16 Professional will change to a USB-C port or no port idea. So it seems, with the iPhone 16, the Lightning interface shall be discontinued.

Nevertheless, this isn’t shocking. Previous to this, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned that Apple would abandon the Lightning port within the second half of 2023 and change to a USB-C port. That’s to say, subsequent 12 months’s Apple iPhone 15 (Professional) sequence would be the first iPhone mannequin to make use of the USB Kind-C interface.

One other Apple analyst, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman confirmed that Apple is testing a brand new USB-C machine. As he mentioned, Apple is testing the iPhone with the Kind-C interface. That’s as a result of it was dealing with EU laws to power the usage of the USB-C interface. However he additionally claimed that the Cupertino-based firm won’t change to USB-C earlier than 2023.