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Apple reportedly testing new iPhones with a USB-C port
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Never has to replace mine
Cords also work fine
USB C is cool tho
Three camera with better AR is the real game changer
Cords also work fine
USB C is cool tho
Three camera with better AR is the real game changer
good, all of their other fucking devices use it
pretty stupid i can't connect my iphone or my earbuds that came with my iphone to my new macbook air without being in dongle hell
(are usb-c earbuds a thing? are they about to be?)
pretty stupid i can't connect my iphone or my earbuds that came with my iphone to my new macbook air without being in dongle hell
(are usb-c earbuds a thing? are they about to be?)
Anything to standardize USB-C. It's such promising tech but the inconsistency and the complete lack of standardization with respect to specs (e.g. power draw) is disappointingly terrible.
Like nearly everything else USB-C, they exist but device-phone compatibility is a fucking mess. Some devices work fine, some are fucky, some break shit.
Like nearly everything else USB-C, they exist but device-phone compatibility is a fucking mess. Some devices work fine, some are fucky, some break shit.
Hope it's true.
Would easily switch over to USB-C. Should increase adoption&standardization all over if Apple get on board too.
Would easily switch over to USB-C. Should increase adoption&standardization all over if Apple get on board too.
Good for them. But, it sorta says fuck you to everyone that bought an iPhone in the past few years.
I said I'd hold out till 2020 with my X, but this would be the only thing to break me. I'll wait for now, but I am 100% ready to douse my pile of lightning cables on fire.
I don't see what more testing is required. They use it on the new iPads, so the switch is inevitable. Good riddance!
It doesn't at all. Should we never create new and better technology just because people bought the previous ones?
This kind of logic is backwards as fuck.
I mean couldn't the same be said toward the same people for any tech changing standards in a future release?
Good, now if only everyone would adopt Thunderbolt 3 as well.
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How so?
the Magic Mouse needs a magnetic charger that slide into place for charging.
Because Apple pushed forward a non-standard cable and created an ecosystem that is going to be abandoned.
Fuck you PS2 owners! Here's a PS3!
Fuck you PS3 owners! Here's a PS4!
Fuck you iPhone 4s owners! Here's an iPhone 5!
Fuck you Tesla Model S owners! Here's a Model 3!
Rinse and repeat to the end of time.
USB-C for iOS devices is a good idea.
I bet they'll keep lightning for accessories like the TV remote, keyboards, trackpads, airpods case, etc.
I bet they'll keep lightning for accessories like the TV remote, keyboards, trackpads, airpods case, etc.
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So what, because apple came up with a better version than the micro usb horseshit they can't jump onboard when USB finally catches up to their proprietary technology?
If anything, it fucks over new iPhone buyers because everything out there has lightning. It'll be fine, tons of new shit will come out.
But Apple does that every couple of years anyway
See also: every time they change the connectors every couple of years and re release all the accessories and adapters. See also also: remove the headphone jack while launching expensive shite Bluetooth ear buds
Abandoned how? It's a cable. Their phones will still work and there will more than likely still make cables for Lightening devices. This is a silly narrative you're trying to create.
They still sell the 30-pin cable.
Then you're either deluded or don't have any idea what you're talking about.
It was.
When it came out.
Seven years ago.
The 30-pin connector was in new products for nine years and Lightning has been in new products for seven and counting. "Every couple of years" my ass.
Still the best..
That satisfying click.
USB-C is loose... wears out
Not to mention the absolute shit show going on with usb c standards.
If this is legit, I hope this carries over to the final product. USB Type-C on an iPhone would be a game-changer.
Every couple of years?
The 30-pin connector was used for 11 years. Lightening has been the standard for 7. Should they still be using the 30-pin?
Why not?
Jobs-era Apple loved their proprietary iPod port because....
...They could license proprietary speaker docks and other audio devices. Now with the big emphasis on bluetooth at Apple, that's no longer an option they have on lockdown.
...and so they can license proprietary charging devices. Now with the big emphasis on wireless charging at Apple, that's no longer an option they have on lockdown either.
Jobs-era Apple loved their proprietary iPod port because....
...They could license proprietary speaker docks and other audio devices. Now with the big emphasis on bluetooth at Apple, that's no longer an option they have on lockdown.
...and so they can license proprietary charging devices. Now with the big emphasis on wireless charging at Apple, that's no longer an option they have on lockdown either.
No, sadly. I mean, you sorta can, but only through iTunes with a third party app, in the same way as you could with the Lightning iPads, or any iPhone I suppose.
There's talk that they might be introducing file management improvements - along with a new homescreen design - for the iPad in iOS13, so hopefully we'll get something then. Finally being able to plug a USB stick into my iPad and have it just work would be fantastic. (Though, uh, I'd hope they'd offer an adaptor for those of us with the old Lightning iPads. My Pro 10.5 isn't that old...)
For what it's worth, I've been using USB-C phones for the past four years or so, and I've never had a cable or port 'get loose'. I actually prefer it to my iPad's Lightning cable, which I've always found to take too much force to plug in--it's awkward if you're trying to do it with one hand, with nothing to brace the iPad against. (This is a surprisingly common scenario, I've found.)
Thank the fucking lord.
Lightning was good in the era of Micro USB which was shit, but it's time everything goes USB C.
Lightning was good in the era of Micro USB which was shit, but it's time everything goes USB C.