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Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

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USBC is a golden example of "good" regulation. Thank you EU!

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This is completely false.

The EU states that companies should agree to use the same connector, it does not state which one it should be. If the major companies convene and decide on USB-D in the future they can do that and let the EU know.

Case in point: all companies collectively decided that USB-C was better than Micro USB and moved over. They did not 'delay' anything, it was the process working as intended.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#902

> The fast and efficient A16 Bionic chip brings proven performance to iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.. > The iPhone 15 lineup offers convenient new ways to charge… Both models use a USB‑C connector, a universally accepted standard for charging and transferring data Only Apple can do selling like this. It’s clearly that marketing is at its heart or even in its DNA. Only Apple can sell you a brand-new phone with last yea…

I don't know. This seems like bog standard marketing to me. There's nothing particularly imaginative or special about it.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#903

This is honestly the saddest thing I’ve read in years, maybe even decades. Tech is such an shitty abyss right now, ten years ago people got excited because of truly revolutionary features , like cameras that were better than $1000 digital cameras, 4G that made the internet not just usable but fast biometrics that actually worked, on a phone, in your pocket, like holy fuck that was mind blowing. We’ve gone so far down…

The funny thing is the reason Apple is switching to usb c is that they were forced to by EU regulators.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#904
post #11

Honestly for me the best part is the USB-C. Every year it's a new camera, new whatever, but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. Not increasing the price is nice, I guess. Will have to buy more USB-C cables, though. (Technically the low highest end phone is higher, but higher spec, too). It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also. Pre-order Fr…

A phone over 1,000 dollars only has usb2, which released two more decades ago. What a good product! Cheating money is as easy as drinking water!

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#905

This is honestly the saddest thing I’ve read in years, maybe even decades. Tech is such an shitty abyss right now, ten years ago people got excited because of truly revolutionary features , like cameras that were better than $1000 digital cameras, 4G that made the internet not just usable but fast biometrics that actually worked, on a phone, in your pocket, like holy fuck that was mind blowing. We’ve gone so far down…

To add fuel to your fire: This USB C does not even support fast charge, it is same as last year's 20W, whereas now some phones (if not vibrators) claim to support 100W fast charging over USB-C.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#906

That whole presentation could have been 30 minutes shorter. It's a product announcement not an investors meeting. Show me the products. Make a sustainability PR as a separate piece. Get your name in the news twice. Seems strange

I for one don't understand how sustainability and a yearly release schedule can go hand in hand. Why isn't it a 2 or 3+ year release cycle? Remove the need to upgrade, make spare parts and reuse and recycling more common. Maximize lifespan of devices. Yearly upgrades of consumer electronics is a pretty non-sustainable idea. Imagine if every year everybody tossed their television, monitor, computer, phone, tablet, hea…

New iPhones are announced yearly, but the average smartphone consumer keeps their device for between 2 and 3 years.[0] iPhones in particular have extended lifecycles; an informal 9to5 Mac poll in 2021 (biased towards enthusiasts) had roughly 4 in 5 people waiting at least 2 years, with almost half of polled users 3 years or more.[1]

So what's actually happening is that the yearly iPhone rush is only a small fraction of the install base upgrading. Sure, there are a few uber enthusiasts that may upgrade every year, but those are a minority, and it's not like those phones go direct to landfills - they're resold. And since there are more opportunities to upgrade, fewer are attempting to upgrade simultaneously, straining supply chains and making Apple's income fluctuate more heavily.

[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/619788/average-smartphon... [1]: https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/18/poll-how-often-do-you-upgrade...

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#907

That whole presentation could have been 30 minutes shorter. It's a product announcement not an investors meeting. Show me the products. Make a sustainability PR as a separate piece. Get your name in the news twice. Seems strange

If they didn't put the sustainability PR in there first nobody would have watched it. Approximately nobody cares about sustainability, really (unfortunately)

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#908

> ”It comes with one USB-C to USB-C charging cable - not sure if it is a data cable, also.” All USB-C cables must support USB 2.0 480 Mbps data transfer, at minimum. There’s no such thing as a USB-C cable that doesn’t support data.

I'm always puzzled when people say that. When you buy small electric gadgets that come with USB-C, almost all of those bundled cables come without data transfer support.

I think this is only true for charging cables that are USB-A to USB-C. I have some of those lying around, also from cheap gadgets. But I would not recommend using them for data transfers anyway.

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#909

This is honestly the saddest thing I’ve read in years, maybe even decades. Tech is such an shitty abyss right now, ten years ago people got excited because of truly revolutionary features , like cameras that were better than $1000 digital cameras, 4G that made the internet not just usable but fast biometrics that actually worked, on a phone, in your pocket, like holy fuck that was mind blowing. We’ve gone so far down…

I fail to understand your point. What kind of feature do you to be excited to see in a product that is 16 years old? Do you think the and thing when you buy a new dishwasher, a couch, a chair? That it’s mediocre? Smartphones are not the future anymore, there’s people starting university soon that always had one, and never lived in a world without the iPhone. Also, besides arguably the first few iPhones, Apple never d…

When is the last time you watched a Keynote by GE CEO announcing a new dishwasher? The point is that they are pretending like its some sort of revolutionary new product instead of a run-of-the-mill minor cosmetic upgrade

Re: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

#910

This is honestly the saddest thing I’ve read in years, maybe even decades. Tech is such an shitty abyss right now, ten years ago people got excited because of truly revolutionary features , like cameras that were better than $1000 digital cameras, 4G that made the internet not just usable but fast biometrics that actually worked, on a phone, in your pocket, like holy fuck that was mind blowing. We’ve gone so far down…

They had to comply with EU regulations, thus forced to make USB-C: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/07/all-smart...
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