It seems that USB-C iPhones are on the horizon. There’s a high chance that the rest of the accessories that still uses Lightning port will get updated with USB-C port. I do have have the MagSafe Battery Pack and Duo Travel Charger. Having them all in USB-C seems like a breeze as you don’t need to bring Lightning cable anymore but the transition would be expensive. Anyone replacing all their Lightning accessories once they got updated?
Funnily you would have this because of the European Unions directive and at the time Apple was opposing the move, because they want them to get their Lightning license fee from all third party makers of accessories and this source of income would dry up once they switch to USB-C.
I am actually a bit surprised of how many people are supporting Apple’s anti consumer behavior by buying their stuff.
I kind of assumed apple would just remove all ports and go MagSafe only at this point
You think Apple will make the change everywhere else in the world too or just EU?
The logistical cost to have separate connectors in two different markets would hit the multi-million dollar range. The financial benefit to Apple of not adopting USB-C in any given market cannot be that significant. It comes down to accessory license fees. Apple is losing that market with losing Lightning, but Apple’s image would take a hit from bisecting their connector across markets (“It just works” being their reputation and all — any unnecessary complexity harms that).
It’s really hard to imagine it being worth it to Apple to make USB-C an EU-only thing. I don’t know all the numbers, so I’m not going to say impossible. I would be very surprised though.
My iphone and airpods are the only things that still charge with not USB C.
I cant wait to be free of the lightning cables.
Lightning is great, but I’d love to standardize my go-bag. USB-C won’t make me upgrade my cracked iPhone 11, but it’ll be a nice perk once I get there.
