Leaker yeux1122 says that Apple Store staff have been told to make sure iPhone 15 buyers know about the change…

  • cuchilloc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get it, current charger is usbc out. The current charging cable is usbc to lighting. Why won’t the included cable work with the old charger? New cable should be just usbc male on both ends. What am I missing?

    • Square Singer@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      The new cable, that is included in the box, is C to C, both male, so there is literally no issue. Apple is just butthurt that they had to ditch lightning.

      And probably they want to redirect the anger of iPhone buyers from them to the EU.

      • cuchilloc@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        And 9to5 mac is butthurt too? Like… I still have two iPod classic cables and they are not going to the landfill. They will replace the one I use when it breaks. Same will happen for these, you will give them along to whoever still has a lighting jack until they break.

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        1 year ago

        They are so butthurt they said they will be limiting data transfer speeds to usb 2.0 because they want people to use their stupid icloud subscription

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          1 year ago

          The lightning phones could only use 2.0 speeds. There is no change to the hardware except for the form factor of the connector.

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            1 year ago

            And that is the problem. If Apple was truly selling top end hardware they should have used a USB-3 or even a Thunderbolt 4 port and possibly a truly fast charging experience, but again, they don’t want their customers to use their usb-c ports for anything but charging because that would lower the value of iCloud and they like that subscription money now.

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              1 year ago

              Fast charging and data transfer are two different things. The iPhone must comply with USB PD at least 100W.

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      1 year ago

      The chargers are fine, but the old cables are now much less useful. The only thing left (I think?) that uses lightning are AirPods.

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        1 year ago

        That’s going to be me after the iPhone 15 comes out. I’ve been needing to upgrade for a while now, but have been waiting until the 15 comes out so I can switch over to usb-c. The only one left after that will be my AirPods.

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      1 year ago

      I have friends who still have iPhone XR, XS etc and those came with USB A bricks. And any time I buy some cheap gadget with a USB-C port it just comes with a USB-A to C cable. So I can see lots of people still out there with only USB A chargers, although you’d think they would be in the minority now.

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      1 year ago

      All my bricks are still USB-A because they don’t break, so if I were to come home with a C to C cable, I’d be out of luck.

      But it’s just a sales tactic, people are acting like Apple is trying to start an uprising against the EU or something