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Apple finally put USB-C in the new iPhone, but it's inexplicably limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds
12.09.2023 - 19:13 / pcgamer.com / New
For the first time in its 16 year history, Apple is releasing an iPhone without a proprietary connector. Apple announced in a livestream today that the new iPhone 15 will launch with USB-C, ending the 11-year reign of its Lightning port (only half a decade or so after it probably should've made this move).
As Android phones, laptops, and all sorts of accessories have largely embraced USB-C over the last few years, Apple's been one of the last remaining holdouts. There's perhaps no more famous love story in tech than the romance between Apple and ports that require proprietary cables or pricey dongles.
The iPhone 15's switch to USB-C comes a year after the European Union ruled that starting in late 2024, new mobile devices are required to use the ubiquitous USB-C port. Apple could've avoided the requirement by dropping a physical port altogether in favor of wireless charging, but it's apparently not feeling quite that courageous about this year's phone upgrade.
It is, however, feeling courageous enough to sell a brand new smartphone that uses an antiquated, absurdly slow 23-year-old USB standard.
Apple didn't have much to say about the USB-C change in terms of specifics during its keynote, but it did confirm that it's releasing updated earbuds and Airpod Pros with USB-C ports. Later, while discussing the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple explained that a USB controller unique to the Pro's chip will allow for 10Gbps USB transfers—a big red flag for what it's offering in the basic phone model.
And sure enough, the full specs on Apple's website confirm some bad news about this upgrade to USB-C.
Apple's site indicates it will be offering a 20W USB-C charger (sold separately, of course)—slower than the common 25W charging used in Android phones. But the really bad news here is that the USB-C port on the iPhone 15 is still limited to USB 2.0, meaning it tops out at 480 Mbps transfer speeds. That's ridiculous for an $800 smartphone in the year 2023.
Apple has actually been shipping MacBooks and iPads with USB-C for years now, so it's had plenty of time to bring the iPhone up to par with the basic charging and transfer capabilities of other USB-C devices. But the iPhone has long been a holdout, sticking to its increasingly antiquated Lightning port. That has offered iPhone owners some benefits—if you bought a dock or a lifetime supply of cables years ago, you've gotten plenty of use out of them. But Lighting has become progressively outdated.
Since introducing it in 2012, Apple hasn't increased the iPhone's Lightning port bandwidth from a paltry 480Mbps transfer speed (the maximum of the old USB 2.0 protocol it relies on). USB-C, under the latest revision currently in use, has the ability to top out at 10 Gbps speeds.
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