EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024

Post by andrepd » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:21 PM UTC

gizmo wrote: post #143

counttheforks wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because apple refuses to play ball otherwise. Capitalism has failed and is now producing tonnes of unnecessary e-waste.

A 4 year old iPhone still works perfectly, but a $200 Android will find its way to a landfill way sooner. As a rule of thumb, appliances that last are better for the environment than cheap products. Apple is good at make devices that last. Nowadays all laptops can charge over usb-c (including Apple laptops, mind you!). Did anybody have to force Apple to do this? No, because charging technology improved so much that w…

Post by coffeeblack » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:22 PM UTC

bb123 wrote: post #182

What happens when we want to move on from USBC? Do we need a stamp of approval from the EU to do it? No thanks.

Post by Kuinox » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:22 PM UTC

coffeeblack wrote: post #243

mdrzn wrote: post #33

LET'S GO EU! These headlines make me proud. Let's reach a global standard for charging stuff. I wish everything that had to be charged sometimes had a USB-C plug. But also I hope that the USB standard gets less messy in the future.

There is no reason for USB to improve any further, because now it has to be used by law. Amazing that people still don’t get it.

Post by _trackno5 » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:23 PM UTC

EugeneOZ wrote: post #147

_trackno5 wrote: post #49

Why do people think it is a good thing to have this enforced by law is beyond me. I don't see any win besides a minor convenience. A lightning cable weighs almost nothing and it's not a big deal to have one around. As to lightning port limitations, I question whether usb-c will give average iPhone users any other advantage other than charging their phone. What are people gonna do with it other than charge their phone…

Data transfer speed is an important reason. iPhone 14 Pro can create huge videos and photos, and transferring them using Lightning is too slow.

Post by nottorp » Tue, Oct 04, 2022, 1:24 PM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #125

imchillyb wrote: post #107

This year Apple removed another long standing port from their devices. This time around it was the sim tray. Apple is going completely portless with their devices. By the time this law is in effect there will be no external ports on Apples devices. Anyone want to take bets on whether Apple introduces its own wireless charging standard at that time or the following year?

> This time around it was the sim tray. Only in the US, I believe. My UK iPhone 14 certainly has a SIM tray with a physical SIM in it - lucky, really, because my provider doesn't support eSIMs. [edit: just checked and it seems my provider is the only big one that doesn't support them.]