Apple forced to ditch lightning charger in new iPhone
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Apple confirms new iPhone 15 will have a common USB-C charging port after EU forces it into the change.

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.

  • moitoi@feddit.deEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Now, I’m waiting how they will use marketing and communication on ditching the magsafe and going back to only USB-C.

    • Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Magsafe it’s pretty cool tho. Plus they open sourced it so next Qi standard is probably gonna have it. I don’t know what I’m talking about btw.

      • moitoi@feddit.deEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        We are not speaking about the same magsafe. EU requires in the near future USB-C for laptops too. Apple must include USB-C by default and ditching the magsafe.

        • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Are they going to ditch it though? As I understand, they don’t need to ditch it as long as USB-C charging remains an option.

          For charging alone, Magsafe is objectively the better choice because it snaps in and out of place, so it’s both easier to insert and won’t pull your laptop off the living room table if your kid or dog runs into the cable. For docking in your dedicated workspace, you’ll still use USB-C attached to your monitor of course, it’s excellent for that and Magsafe doesn’t do data.

          • notepass@feddit.deEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I think it says that you have to support USB-C charging. But you can add whatever else you want. And if I remember correctly, macbooks can be charged via C and magsafe already. So all up to snuff

          • moitoi@feddit.deEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            The regulation is the same as for smartphones. In the EU, laptops must charge with USB-C by default. Apple can still include on the laptop a magsafe port which will be useless for the consumer in this area. The easiest to comply for Apple is to put a USB-C to USB-C cable instead of the USB-C to magsafe for Europe.

        • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          My laptop can already charge over USB-C from my docking station, or with a MagSafe cable. It’s an older M1 laptop but that ought to cover any such requirement

          • moitoi@feddit.deEnglish
            04·
            1 year ago

            It’s the single charger regulation. In the EU, Apple must use USB-C instead of magsafe for the laptops. It’s the same as for smartphones.