EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
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Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#2But Apple is trying to do a useful thing -- guarantee availability of slow charging cables...
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#3Quite frankly I've never had issues with a charger being too slow. My fairphone with some random 3rd party charger isnfull in half an hour.
From a durability standpoint your battery should last longer if you charge it slower, so unless your life is totally nomadic and you only got 10 minutes to charge your phone inbetween changing places I don't see any real damage been done here.
The advantage of being able to ask a non-apple friend for a cable you forgot or broke outweighs any alleged slower charging speeds by magnitudes.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#4I don't understand why Apple are dragging their heels on this so much
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#5The article appears to be based on nothing.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#6I don't understand why Apple are dragging their heels on this so much
Money.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#7I would basically never assume that the EU actually understand the technical parts of these regulations. On its face it sounds pro-consumer, but USB-C is hardly a unified experience and I am almost sympathetic with Apple here from a user experience perspective.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#8The EU stance and strictness on this is one of the things making me happy to be an EU citizen.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#9Good chance for apple to try to repeat dieselgate: only charge fast while tested. Circumventing EU regulations is clearly a business opportunity, while all small competitors suffer from them. Only bad luck, that they are an US company and thus nobody is willing to look away. Sincerely, I am really skeptical about all those EU regulations with such a clear enforcement deficit. I really wish the commission luck on this one.
Re: EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones
#10I would basically never assume that the EU actually understand the technical parts of these regulations. On its face it sounds pro-consumer, but USB-C is hardly a unified experience and I am almost sympathetic with Apple here from a user experience perspective.
Can you elaborate?