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USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
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Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#12A friend got a new high end 2019 Samsung phone. The week it came, we were at the beach. I offered my USB battery. They used a USB-C to USB-C charge cable to connect it. They passed the phone-and-battery to me and I grabbed it by the cable , as I would with a lightning cable. The USB-C detached from the phone and the phone fell 3.5 feet onto the rocky sand. It immediately broke the rear glass. After that experience, I…
Just don't grab things by the cable?
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#13Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.
Why, are they also forcing you to throw away your old iPhone?
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#14A friend got a new high end 2019 Samsung phone. The week it came, we were at the beach. I offered my USB battery. They used a USB-C to USB-C charge cable to connect it. They passed the phone-and-battery to me and I grabbed it by the cable , as I would with a lightning cable. The USB-C detached from the phone and the phone fell 3.5 feet onto the rocky sand. It immediately broke the rear glass. After that experience, I…
Just don't grab things by the cable?
in this case yes; however.... usb-c connections become unreliable over time. cables need jiggling and such. the protocol might be better, but the physical connector sucks. not as bad as d-sub connectors, but bad.
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#15Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.
??? Using a standardized cable that you'll always be able to find at a friend's place that also works with basically all modern devices doesn't improve your user experience?
Why would I find a cable at a friends house? I charge my phone at home, at night. With one of the cables that also work with my earphones and tablet.
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#16Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.
Why, are they also forcing you to throw away your old iPhone?
The battery will, at some point, necessitate getting a new phone, yes. As will other innovation. I know this seemed like a really smart dig, but it’s not like it only affects one year of devices. Come on, now.
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just don't grab things by the cable?
in this case yes; however.... usb-c connections become unreliable over time. cables need jiggling and such. the protocol might be better, but the physical connector sucks. not as bad as d-sub connectors, but bad.
In the last couple of years I've had a Pixel 2, Pixel 3a and Pixel 6, all of them had/have issues with the USB-C port. Plus the general issues around what cables can do what. Basically these days unless it's a Google charger and a Google cable I have zero confidence that I'm able to do whatever I want to do. It's a real bummer.
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#18Now I can finally throw away all of those perfectly usable lightning cables and buy a horde of new USB-C cables that do absolutely nothing to improve my experience. Thanks for that, EU.
Other than the iPhone and the ear pods, I can't think of a single Apple device that doesn't have USB-C. The Macs all have it, beats pro have it, homepod has it, even the Apple TV has a USB-C port.
I'm sure the universe of people who only have those two devices and don't have friends that own literally any other devices will be distraught that they have to add a $5 cable to their next phone purchase, but I don't feel very bad for them. Would you prefer it if the 15 had two ports instead?
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#19Finally. Now I just hope they don't institute some dumb program where it only talks to Apple devices or some crap.
Oh, they will. Apple will cripple the port with some BS excuse about "security."
Re: USB-C Confirmed for the iPhone 15
#20Please don't edit title as per guidelines. There is no reason why the original title can't be used as it fits the character limit. "USB-C confirmed for the iPhone 15 in new leaked part images"
Arguing for more-descriptive titles (and against shitty ones) is always good.
Meanwhile, "as per" is redundant.