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.

  • Rootiest
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    1 year ago

    Fair, but most midrange phones have at least USB3 as well, no?

    I don’t actually know for certain, but I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t.

    • oKtosiTe
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      11 year ago

      My uneducated guess is this: the iPhone 15 uses the same A16 chip as the 14 Pro did, to more easily produce it at scale and cost effectively. The 14 Pro had Lightning and therefore 2.0 speeds. The 15 kept the 2.0 speed because the A16 couldn’t (readily?) be reengineered to support a 3.0 connector.