iPhone 15’s shift to USB-C
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iPhone 15’s shift to USB-C
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#2And help the environment!
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#3It also has the potential to be quite confusing.
There will almost certainly be some laptops that attempt to charge themselves from the iPhone battery depending on which of the 10 versions of USB-C are being implemented.
Will all the counterfeit usb-c cables also cause a bunch of confusion when features don’t work?
Will plugging in your phone at the airport be less of a risk?
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#4> The idea of a pocketable thin client model of computing where you basically take your PC with you wherever you go, and plug it into accessories including displays and input devices that can work with any wherever you need, has been around for a long time. But an iPhone 15 sporting a full-featured USB-C port with the capabilities of the latest Thunderbolt spec has no technical barriers toward making it actually happen.
So in theory someone can make an iPad sized touchscreen that connects to your iPhone via USB-C and you'd have no need for an iPad? Or course such a screen could be shared within a household, etc.
Desktop in my pocket would be fan-fn-tastic, obviously. But even a simple larger (than my phone) touchscreen would be a handy step forward.
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#5How does the author make the logical leap from "it'll use Type C" to "it'll have Samsung DeX equivalent"?
I think it's too much of a gimmick for Apple to even try, plus Apple is really not known for giving a damn about making their products work well with third-party peripherals.
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#6It also has the potential to be quite confusing. There will almost certainly be some laptops that attempt to charge themselves from the iPhone battery depending on which of the 10 versions of USB-C are being implemented. Will all the counterfeit usb-c cables also cause a bunch of confusion when features don’t work? Will plugging in your phone at the airport be less of a risk?
Legit concerns. But for what % of Apple iPhone owners do they apply?
For the majority of uses a majority of the time a standard connector is better than non-standard one. Let's just pop the champagne, toast the win, and move on.
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#7If Apple wanted to make the iPhone a computer replacement, and all that was holding them back was USB-C, they would have added it in a long time ago.
They didn’t. They waited until the EU made them switch to USB-C.
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#8Looking forward to throwing away all my lightning cables /sarcasm
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#9Apple would cannibalize their computer and iPad sales if they were supporting the thin client model like Samsung DeX. See how they already avoid cannibalization of the iPhone business by preventing the iPad to make phone calls. They protect their product lines from each other.
As much as I like to see such a feature, I don’t think Apple will ever give it to us.
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#10It also has the potential to be quite confusing. There will almost certainly be some laptops that attempt to charge themselves from the iPhone battery depending on which of the 10 versions of USB-C are being implemented. Will all the counterfeit usb-c cables also cause a bunch of confusion when features don’t work? Will plugging in your phone at the airport be less of a risk?
Legit concerns. But for what % of Apple iPhone owners do they apply? For the majority of uses a majority of the time a standard connector is better than non-standard one. Let's just pop the champagne, toast the win, and move on.
I wish USB C has a way of determining charging direction. This is often annoying when you try to use phones as power banks. Would be nice if some type C cables can be directional, i.e. preferentially charging in one direction if at all possible.